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Session Laws, 1986
Volume 768, Page 1767   View pdf image
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HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                    1767

(b)  A vehicle shall be driven as nearly as practicable
entirely within a single lane and may not be moved from that lane
or moved from a shoulder or bikeway into a lane until the driver
has determined that it is safe to do so.

(c)  On a roadway that is divided into three lanes and that
provides for two-way movement of traffic, a vehicle may not be
driven in the center lane except:

(1)  While overtaking and passing another vehicle
going in the same direction and while the center lane is clear of
traffic within a safe distance;

(2)  In preparing to make a left turn; or .

(3)  When the center lane is allocated exclusively to
traffic moving in the same direction that the vehicle is going
and the allocation is designated by a traffic control device.

(d)  [(1)] The driver of a vehicle shall obey the directions
of each traffic control device that directs specified traffic to
use a designated lane or that designates those lanes to be used
by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless of the
center of the roadway.

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[(2)] (E) The driver of a vehicle shall obey the
directions of each traffic control device that prohibits changing
lanes on sections of a roadway.

[(3)] (F) On a roadway that has two or more lanes for
traffic moving in the same direction, the driver of any truck,
truck tractor, trailer, or bus shall obey the directions of each
traffic control device that requires the vehicle to be driven in
a certain lane.

[(e)] (G) On a roadway along which a two-way left turn lane
has been provided through the required pavement markings and
signs, vehicles may not enter that lane except for the purpose of
making a left turn, and may enter only if the lane is clear of an
opposing movement.

(H) A vehicle shall be driven within [such] a lane

DESCRIBED UNDER SUBSECTION (G) OF THIS SECTION the shortest

distance practicable prior to making a left turn.

(I) On roadways along which a two-way left turn lane has
been placed, left turns shall be made only from within such lane.

21-310.

(a) The driver of a motor vehicle may not follow another
vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due
regard for the speed of the other vehicle and of the traffic on
and the condition of the highway.

 

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