Oklahoma's Left turn law?

[Sooner_Bob]

Seriously? (http://newsok.com/oklahoma-changes-left-turn-law-but-confusion-isnt-cleared/article/3534848)

This needed to become an actual law?

I don't think I ever realized that this was the State law . . .


For decades, the law allowed vehicles to turn left after signaling and pausing in an intersection. Oncoming traffic was required to yield to the turning vehicle. Some cities and towns enacted their own ordinances that required drivers to yield the right of way to oncoming traffic.

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Talk about stupid . . . I'm glad they officially changed it to reflect the more common sense approach to left turns.

[jumperstop]

I thought that was the law all along. Was there anyone who really drove the other way, relying on oncoming traffic to stop? I bet the guy they had to change the law for didn't even realize until he was being sued and his lawyer found the technicallity in the law for him.

[Sooner_Bob]

I thought that was the law all along. Was there anyone who really drove the other way, relying on oncoming traffic to stop? I bet the guy they had to change the law for didn't even realize until he was being sued and his lawyer found the technicallity in the law for him.

Exactly. Otherwise why have a protected left turn signal . . .

[jumperstop]

Exactly. Otherwise why have a protected left turn signal . . .

I kinda wish I had known this before so I could have driven like a bat out of hell and then showed up the officer by telling him what the law acctually said when I got pulled over.

[Leroy Lizard]

Seriously? (http://newsok.com/oklahoma-changes-left-turn-law-but-confusion-isnt-cleared/article/3534848)

This needed to become an actual law?

I don't think I ever realized that this was the State law . . .



Talk about stupid . . . I'm glad they officially changed it to reflect the more common sense approach to left turns.

Whoever adopted the original law needed a course in physics, especially on the topic of inertia.

[SicEmBaylor]

Is it legal to make a left-hand turn on red if it's onto a one way street? It's the same concept as right on red....

[DIB]

Is it legal to make a left-hand turn on red if it's onto a one way street? It's the same concept as right on red....

Yes