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SEVERAL readers have
stated a concern and
wish to learn more
about the U-turn,

A Usturn, — offficlally
referred ta ag a “Reverse
Turn” ts the manoeuvre a ati
ver performs in order to: set
his or her vehicle for travel in
an opposite direction. ‘This is
done by simply turning
around (pulling a “yewy"), or
by way of the “three point

turn” where one turn perpen:

dicular to the road, ‘reverses
the rest of the way and then
' carries on. ih the opposite
direction. (or a “multi-point”
turn on really narrow roads or
for really bad drivers),

It is 3 common misconcep-

tion that the U-rurn is an ille- |

gal manoeuvre, which is noe
quite so, 0
Tf a U-tum can be made
~ safely. and without interfering
with other traffic, go to it,
uniess one or more of the fol-
lowing circumstances applies
to you in your rush to get
back to whence you came,
‘Tfane causes other vehicles
to slow, stop, and/or wait (or
crash into you, for that mat-

~ otherwise

ter} while one performs a
reverse turh, then one: las
“intertered" with crate and
committed aan unsafe atgtion
Us contravening section 170
of the mighty: Motor Vehicle
Act, where all of this iy cov:
ered,

In faet, there are munerotts
circumstances where A-tarns
dre restricted, but these cover
only a smal percentage of the
actual roadways in BC.

However, since the onjori-
ty olfas Hive tor near a elty of
nyultiefacered Infrastructure,
the restrictions are more than

‘noteworthy, they are must

know material,

Section 170(b)G) and (ii)
forbid reverse turns on a curve
and/or near the top ofa hill,

For clarity, the Act adds that if}

you cannot see and/or cannot
wen seen by another vehizle
for 150 metres then the move
is considered nnsafe.

Section 1/70(b)(iii) tells us
not to turn around “at a place
where a sign prohibits making
aUeTum?

- Subsection (b)(iv) disal-
lows the U-Turn at intersec-

- tions controlled by traffic sig

nals, “Traffic signals” are the
various traffic lights we've all
come to know and love but
not traffic control “devices”
such as STOP signs,

Vinally, and probably the
most complicated of these
straight-forward
prohibitions, subsection
(b)(v) states that we cannot
make a U-turn in a “Business
District,” except in intersee:
tions where there are no traf-

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A “Business District” is
defined as a territory, connect:
ed by roads (at least 200
metres in fength), within
which buildings or structures
are used for business, industri-
al or public purposes, In other

words, streets with shops,

restaurants, office buildings,
and anyplace one might tind
other people working for a
paycheque —- places of com-
merece, generally speaking,
Mid-Lonsdate Avenue, for

example, is a business district,
though Upper Lonsdale and a
small part of Lower Lonsdale
is gots most of Marine Drive
as far west as Dundarave is
also a business district... you ;

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get the idea,

Reverse turis are permit:
ted in almost any residential
area, certain areas of a busi-
ness district and just about
anywhere else outside of a
business district provided we
obey the rules and the signs
and we are safe about it,

! should add that we. are
even permitted to make a U-
turn over a solid yellow line or
two, providing, again, that we
do not contravene any of the
above U-turn laws —- after
all, a solid yellow line restricts
the overtaking of vehicles, not
the turning of your back to
them and we covered that a
couple weeks ago.

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