GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION

S.L. 1997-405
SENATE BILL 60

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE RULES FOR MAKING LEFT TURNS ON VARIOUS ROADWAYS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 20-153(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Left Turns. – The driver of a vehicle intending to turn left  at any intersection shall approach the intersection in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the direction of travel of that vehicle, and, after entering the intersection, the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection in a lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the direction upon the roadway being entered.  "
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 7th day of August, 1997.
s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/	James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor

Approved 11:25 a.m. this 18th day of August, 1997