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Iowa Code § 321.258: Arrangement of lights on official traffic-control signals.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION (Ch. 306 - 330B)
- Chapter 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD
1. Colored lights placed on a vertical official traffic-control signal face shall be arranged from the top to the bottom in the following order when used:
a. Circular red.
b. Steady or flashing left-turn red arrow.
c. Steady or flashing right-turn red arrow.
d. Circular yellow.
e. Circular green.
f. Straight-through green arrow.
g. Steady left-turn yellow arrow.
h. Flashing left-turn yellow arrow.
i. Left-turn green arrow.
j. Steady right-turn yellow arrow.
k. Flashing right-turn yellow arrow.
l. Right-turn green arrow.
2. Colored lights placed on a horizontal official traffic-control signal face shall be arranged from the left to the right in the following order when used:
a. Circular red.
b. Steady or flashing left-turn red arrow.
c. Steady or flashing right-turn red arrow.
d. Circular yellow.
e. Steady left-turn yellow arrow.
f. Flashing left-turn yellow arrow.
g. Left-turn green arrow.
h. Circular green.
i. Straight-through green arrow.
j. Steady right-turn yellow arrow.
k. Flashing right-turn yellow arrow.
l. Right-turn green arrow.
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