U-Turns, Ugh...

[bwframe]

I guess I'm just old? I'm sure that U-turns on the public roadways used to be against the law, correct? Even in more recent times, haven't U-turns been against the law, within intersections or range of them?

I've always seen a fair amount of U-turns in Bloomington. Chalked it up to students from out of town?

In Bloomington there is signage allowing U-turns at an intersection of a four lane highway and an onramp to Interstate 69. WTF???

I don't make that turn much, normally going straight through on highway 46. I did turn onto the ramp for I69 today, after watching no less than five cars make U-turns in front of me, 3 of them made the turn out of traffic, before they got to the intersection.

I don't get it. Seemed like a nightmare to me. No wonder there always seems to be a police call for an accident at that intersection?

 

[deo62]

We’re getting swamped with the infamous J-turn up here and they suck

 

[firecadet613]

I guess I'm just old? I'm sure that U-turns on the public roadways used to be against the law, correct? Even in more recent times, haven't U-turns been against the law, within intersections or range of them?

I've always seen a fair amount of U-turns in Bloomington. Chalked it up to students from out of town?

In Bloomington there is signage allowing U-turns at an intersection of a four lane highway and an onramp to Interstate 69. WTF???

I don't make that turn much, normally going straight through on highway 46. I did turn onto the ramp for I69 today, after watching no less than five cars make U-turns in front of me, 3 of them made the turn out of traffic, before they got to the intersection.

I don't get it. Seemed like a nightmare to me. No wonder there always seems to be a police call for an accident at that intersection?

I've never understood the need for it there, unless it's for out of towners who realized they miss a turn?

 

[Sigblitz]

Wednesday I was turning left onto a busy divided road from a side street. All clear. Wait, u turn guy is making me wait in front of oncoming traffic.

 

[bwframe]

I've never understood the need for it there, unless it's for out of towners who realized they miss a turn?

They first authorized U-turns with signs at the 46/Curry Pike intersection a while back, during construction on 46. That was somewhat understandable, although still dangerous, as there is no nearby pull off to turn around.

It was kind of a cluster down there also. Especially when a whole turn lane of cars get to rolling into the intersection and they are forced to brake for the loon hard braking down to a creep to cut the U-turn.

 

[Tryin']

U-turns are generally legal in Indiana, except when dangerous. Notable exceptions to permission include grades, curves, highway crossovers and where prohibited by signage.

IC 9-21-8, if you want to fall asleep reading.

 

[Brandon]

Got pulled over years ago for it while they were doing construction on East street over 465.

That was a costly "time saver".

 

[04FXSTS]

A year or so ago they had the Indiana 63 bridge shut down on the north end of Terre Haute. You had to go north on US 41 to the first light and make a "U" turn, this is on 4 lane road. Jim.

 

[phylodog]

Generally speaking, if a U turn isn't allowed there should be a sign present, otherwise its permtted.

 

[WanderingSol07]

At US 231 and Sagamore Parkway in West Lafayette there is a left turn light for u-turns. And to get to the county road a hundred feet further on you now have to go a quarter mile and make a u-turn. I believe it will be about 25 years before they will fix this.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

U-turns are generally legal in Indiana, except when dangerous. Notable exceptions to permission include grades, curves, highway crossovers and where prohibited by signage.

IC 9-21-8, if you want to fall asleep reading.

City ordinances can also alter this. Marion Co, for example, has a blanket prohibition in any business district even if not marked:

The driver or operator of any vehicle shall not turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction by a U-turn upon any street in a business district, or at any intersection where a left turn is prohibited, or at any place where an official traffic-control device or sign indicates that a U-turn shall not be made, nor shall the driver or operator of any vehicle so turn a vehicle unless the movement can be made in safety and without interference with other traffic.

 

[Hoosierdood]

Try living in Michigan where U-turns are the only way to turn left at an intersection.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Try living in Michigan where U-turns are the only way to turn left at an intersection.

Two wrongs don't make a right, but 3 rights make a left.

 

[jamil]

Try living in Michigan where U-turns are the only way to turn left at an intersection.

 

[manifest destiny]

Try living in Michigan where U-turns are the only way to turn left at an intersection.

I was wondering when the Michigan Left was gonna get mentioned. I really don't understand how such can ease traffic at busy intersections. Now a vehicle (left-turners) must pass through the intersection twice.

 

[jamil]

My wife was driving in Memphis which does not allow U-Turns. She took a wrong turn and wanted to go back, so she did a U-Turn. right in front of a cop shop. While a cop was turning right into the lane she was doing the-turn.

He lit her up right away. He was actually a Lieutenant who didn’t do traffic enforcement. He told her the only reason he pulled her over is that she did it right in front of him. Gave her a ticket.

She went back to Memphis on the court date, spoke to the prosecutor and explained that she was from out of town, didn’t know u-turns were illegal. And didn’t know that was a police station. (They had sign ordinances against signs above a certain height. The cop car blocked her view of the sign. The car was unmarked so she had no idea it was a cop car.)

The female prosecutor dropped the charge in apparent solidarity. Lady would have told me or any dude to pound sand and pay the fine.

But. She was guilty AF because she said she saw a no-uturn sign. But she did not know there was a coo shop right there, or that he was a cop.

 

[Ingomike]

I was wondering when the Michigan Left was gonna get mentioned. I really don't understand how such can ease traffic at busy intersections. Now a vehicle (left-turners) must pass through the intersection twice.

Theoretically the intersection functions only two ways, both ways across with no lost time for left turn lanes the engineers can get many more vehicle’s per hour through the intersection. The left turns are completed away from the intersection crossing…

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Two wrongs don't make a right, but 3 rights make a left.

And two Wrights make an airplane.

 

[Brandon]

And two Wrights make an airplane.

 

[jamil]

Two wrongs don't make a right, but 3 rights make a left.

It just occurred to me that if someone tried to say that out loud who has a speech impediment that prevents them from pronouncing the R sound, it would sound really racist.