Page 833 - The Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989

REG. 8 MOTOR VEHICLES (DRIVING) REGULATIONS, 2017 805

(1) Taking a left turn,—
(a) a driver who wishes to turn left shall clearly and in good time indicate
his intention to turn left either by using direction indicator or giving
appropriate hand signal;
(b) before turning left, the driver shall, in reasonable time, move to the
left most lane or use a slip lane, where provided;
(c) while driving on a multi-lane road, where direction arrows pointing
to the left are marked on the road, the driver shall use that lane while
taking a left turn;
(d) before moving into the left lane, the driver shall keep in view the
traffic to his left and behind him, and change the lane only after giving
a left-turn signal;
(e) before turning left, the driver shall give way to cyclists and other
slow-moving traffic;
(f) at uncontrolled pedestrian crossings, the driver shall give way to the
pedestrians before turning left;
(g) a vehicle, which is unable to negotiate a left turn due to large turning
radius required for the vehicle from the extreme left lane, may use
the next lane with the driver keeping a watch on the traffic on the
left of the vehicle in the rear view mirror and exercising extreme
caution while negotiating the turn.
(2) Taking a right turn,—
(a) the driver who wishes to turn right shall clearly and in good time
indicate his intention to turn right by using either the direction
indicator or by giving a hand signal;
(b) before turning right, the driver shall in good time move to the right
most lane;
(c) while driving on a multi-lane road, where direction arrows pointing
to the right are marked on the road, the driver shall remain in that
lane while taking right turn;
(d) before moving into the right lane, the driver shall keep in mind the
traffic on his right and behind him, and change the lane only after
giving a right-turn signal;
(e) at uncontrolled pedestrian crossings, the driver shall give way to
pedestrians.
(3) Taking a ‘U’ turn,—
(a) a vehicle shall not make a ‘U’ turn —
(i) where such ‘U’ turn is prohibited by a road sign or a traffic
signal;