{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-41-6a-801","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 41-6a-801","heading":"Turning -- Manner -- Traffic-control devices.","body":"The operator of a vehicle shall make turns as follows, and a violation of this section is an infraction:\n(1) Right turns: both a right turn and an approach for a right turn shall be made as close as practical to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.\n(2) Left turns:\n(a) the operator of a vehicle intending to turn left shall approach the turn from the extreme left-hand lane for traffic moving in the same direction;\n(b) whenever practicable, shall be made by turning onto the roadway being entered in the extreme left-hand lane for traffic moving in the new direction, unless otherwise directed by a traffic-control device; and\n(c) may be made on a highway across solid double yellow line pavement markings indicating a two-direction, no-passing zone.\n(3) Two-way left turn lanes:\n(a) where a two-way left turn lane is provided, a left turn may not be made from any other lane;\n(b) a vehicle may not be driven in the two-way left turn lane except when preparing for or making:\n(i) a left turn from or into the roadway; or\n(ii) a U-turn except when prohibited by a traffic-control device;\n(c)\n(i) except as provided under Subsection (3)(c)(ii), the operator of a vehicle intending to turn left may not enter a two-way left turn lane more than 500 feet prior to making the turn;\n(ii) if traffic in the two-way left turn lane extends beyond 500 feet, the operator of a vehicle intending to turn left may enter the two-way left turn lane immediately upon reaching the last vehicle in the two-way left turn lane;\n(d) the operator of a vehicle that has turned left into the two-way left turn lane may not travel in the lane more than 500 feet unless the operator intends to turn left and Subsection (3)(c)(ii) applies; and\n(e) the operator of a vehicle may not travel straight through an intersection in a two-way left turn lane.\n(4)\n(a) A highway authority in its jurisdiction may provide exceptions to the provisions of this section by erecting traffic-control devices directing a different course to be traveled by turning vehicles.\n(b) The operator of a vehicle may not turn a vehicle in violation of a traffic-control device erected under Subsection (4)(a).","path":["Title 41 Motor Vehicles","Chapter 41-6a Traffic Code","Part 41-6a-8 Turning and Signaling for Turns"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title41/Chapter6a/41-6a-S801.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"c32250e996620eb8c38ad8c931ca6f8c51bef7702f764dc7e1c58dc27d010dfd","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-41-6a-718","next":"us-ut/utah-code-41-6a-802"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}