A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require the driver of any vehicle upon a highway or public vehicular area to give a directional signal before starting, stopping, or turning the vehicle from a direct line.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑154(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The driver of any vehicle upon a highway or public vehicular area before starting, stopping, or turning from a direct line shall first (i) see that such movement can be made in safety, (ii) give a clearly audible signal by sounding the horn if any pedestrian may be affected by the movement, and (iii) give a signal in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, plainly visible to the driver of any other vehicle affected by the movement, of the intention to make the movement. The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same unless the movement can be made with safety and without interfering with other traffic."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2017, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.