39:4-123 Failure to Make Proper Right and Left Turns

 

39:4-123 Failure to Make Proper Right and Left Turns

Fine ranging from $50-$200 or imprisonment not exceeding 15 days, or both. For information regarding points or surcharges contact the Motor Vehicle Commission. For information about car insurance eligibility and points contact your car insurance company or the New Jersey Department of Insurance. 39:4-123 Failure to make proper turn       Penalties set forth at 39:4-203 Fine or imprisonment not exceeding 15 days, or both fines $50-$200 plus court costs and possible non renewal by insurance company points  3 NJ MVC points 39:4-123 Improper right or left turn 3 Plus 3 car insurance points More info at http://www.njlaws.com/39_4-123properright.htm Except as otherwise provided in this article, the driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do so as follows: (a) Right turns. Both the approach for a right turn and a right turn shall be made as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway. (b) Left turns on two-way roadways. At any intersection where traffic is permitted to move in both directions on each roadway entering the intersection, an approach for a left turn shall be made in that portion of the right half of the roadway nearest the center line thereof and by passing to the right of such center line where it enters the intersection and after entering the intersection the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection to the right of the center line of the roadway being entered. Whenever practicable the left turn shall be made in that portion of the intersection to the left of the center of the intersection. (c) Left turns on other than two-way roadways. At any intersection where traffic is restricted to one direction on one or more of the roadways, the driver of a vehicle intending to turn left at any such intersection shall approach the intersection in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the direction of travel of such vehicle and after entering the intersection the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection, as nearly as practicable, in the left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in such direction upon the roadway being entered.

39:4-117 Special Pedestrian Interval

 

39:4-117 Special Pedestrian Interval

39:4-117 Special pedestrian interval; pedestrian violation     Penalties set forth at 39:4-203 Fine or imprisonment not exceeding 15 days, or both fines $50 $200 plus court costs and possible non renewal by insurance company  Fine ranging from $50-$200 or imprisonment not exceeding 15 days, or both. For information regarding points or surcharges contact the Motor Vehicle Commission. For information about car insurance eligibility and points contact your car insurance company or the New Jersey Department of Insurance. A special pedestrian interval may be provided when approved by the director at intersections where traffic is controlled by traffic control signals. When a special pedestrian interval is incorporated in the operation of a traffic control signal and signified by means of an approved indication, pedestrians shall cross the roadway only when the indication is illuminated, and vehicles and street cars shall stop and remain standing until the green is shown alone.

39:4-116 Failure to Make Proper Right or Left Turn at Arrow

 

39:4-116 Failure to Make Proper Right or Left Turn at Arrow 39:4-116 Failure to make proper turn at arrow     Penalties set forth at 39:4-203 Fine or imprisonment not exceeding 15 days, or both fines $50 $200 plus court costs and possible non renewal by insurance company   Fine ranging from $50-$200 or imprisonment not exceeding 15 days, or both. For information regarding points or surcharges contact the Motor Vehicle Commission. For information about car insurance eligibility and points contact your car insurance company or the New Jersey Department of Insurance.  Special right or left turn movements may be provided when approved by the director at intersections where traffic is controlled by traffic control signals, by incorporating an additional lens in the signal. This additional lens shall be a green arrow lens and shall designate the special right or left turn movement by the direction of the arrow. When a green arrow lens is incorporated in a traffic control signal and the signal is operating to control traffic at an intersection, vehicles shall make turning movements in the direction of the arrow only when the lens is illuminated.

39:4-115 Improper Turn at Traffic Light

 

39:4-115 Improper Turn at Traffic Light

39:4-115. 39:4-115 Failure to make proper turn

    Penalties set forth at 39:4-203 Fine or imprisonment not

exceeding 15 days, or both

fines $50 $200 plus court costs and possible non renewal by insurance company

 

Plus 3 NJ MVC points  39:4-115 Improper turn at traffic light

Plus 3 car insurance points

 Improper turn at traffic light, Making right or left turn The driver of a vehicle or the motorman of a streetcar a. intending to turn to the right or left at an intersection where traffic is controlled by traffic control signals or by a traffic or police officer, shall proceed to make either turn with proper care to avoid accidents and, except as provided in b. below, only upon the Go signal unless otherwise directed by a traffic or police officer, an official sign or special signal; or b. intending to turn right at an intersection where traffic is controlled by a traffic control signal shall, unless an official sign of the State, municipality, or county authority having jurisdiction over the intersection prohibits the same, proceed to make the turn upon a Stop or Caution signal with proper care to avoid accidents after coming to a full stop, observing traffic in all directions and yielding to all pedestrians and other traffic traveling in a direction in which the turn will be made. Both the approach for and the turn shall be made as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, unless such intersection is otherwise posted.

39:4-116. Special right or left turn Special right or left turn movements may be provided when approved by the director at intersections where traffic is controlled by traffic control signals, by incorporating an additional lens in the signal. This additional lens shall be a green arrow lens and shall designate the special right or left turn movement by the direction of the arrow.

When a green arrow lens is incorporated in a traffic control signal and the signal is operating to control traffic at an intersection, vehicles shall make turning movements in the direction of the arrow only when the lens is illuminated.

Amended by L.1951, c. 23, p. 89, s. 58. For information on points, fines, jail and suspension for this violation, go to KennethVercammen.com/traffic_minimum_penalties.htm

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