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Originally Posted by Looch City
Genuine question:
Why in the ever loving #### are there so many drivers in this city doing u-turns is any ####ing location that they ####ing desire?
Single lane road, double yellow line? U-turn.
4 way stop? U-turn.
At red light busy intersection? U-turn.
#### all you ####ers. It was especially bad this morning and the fog on top of that. Had to lay on my horn multiple times.
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The problem is other people moving from other places, Alberta is quite restrictive on where U-turns can be made legally (unnecessarily so IMHO). In Manitoba, for example, U-turns are allowed except where signed otherwise. So I was surprised when I first moved here and my uncle was swearing about "some idiot making a U-turn" and I didn't understand what his deal was.
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U-turns are not permitted:
- at an intersection controlled by a traffic control signal (traffic lights) unless permitted by a traffic control device
- where a sign prohibits U-turns
In urban areas, U-turns are not permitted:
- on a roadway between intersections
- at an alley intersection
- at an intersection where one or more of the roadways is an access to a public or private parking lot which the public can access
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So really -- in the city -- you can make a U-turn at a stop sign or yield-controlled intersection provided one of the turns does not lead into a parking lot and that's about it. You can't pull the ol' Toronto favourite of just ripping a U-turn in the middle of the street. And rurally, you can do 'em pretty much anywhere including on a highway except where an intersection is controlled by lights and/or where it isn't signed as prohibited to do so.
