Am I allowed to get on the median when making a left turn out of the neighborhood.?

Question

Coming out of the neighborhood onto a four lane road with a median. There are no cars coming on the first two lanes but there are cars on the last two lanes. So am I allowed to get to the median and then when the last two lanes are clear I proceed on to it.

Answer 1

yeah i think that is ok i do not see the problem in it. It is done all the time.

Answer 2

It is done all the time, but I don't know if it is legal.

Answer 3

CALL YOUR LOCAL DMV OFFICE, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY AND ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND AT THE SAME TIME YOU WILL BE GETTING THE CORRECT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.

Answer 4

yes

Answer 5

As long as your car fits in the median area where neither end of the car is hanging out in traffic, then yes.

This is a really good question, too. Traffic laws (most all laws) have two parts: the LETTER of the law, and the SPIRIT of the law. The letter of the law may say you can only turn when you can see empty lanes in both directions for 500 feet, but the spirit of the law means that they want you to be really safe when making a turn. So, in the spirit of the law, you do what it takes to make the turn safely, even if it's not the textbook way of making a turn.

Sorta like a noise ordinance: it may say no loud mufflers or stereos, but it MEANS the locals don't want a bunch of noise, so your tuba or your air horn aren't legal, either.

Answer 6

You can cross only if there is a turnaround.

If there is no trunaround and you are crossing on grass or a curb, then it is illegal.

Try it in Geogia and you will soon have a blue light in your rear view mirror.

Answer 7

If it is a paved and marked median lane, yes, that is the turning and crossing area.  But if you are talking about an actual median, a divider, grass, or concrete with a curb, of course not.

Answer 8

It's technically not legal. That lane is for left turns only. But...its very common practice to do that in most places.

Answer 9

Yes, it's treated as two roadways.  It's the same reason you don't have to stop if a bus is dropping off kids on the other side of a divided road.  If the bus needs to drop kids off on the other side, it has to get on that side of the road.

This is all assuming that your car will not impede traffic in either direction while sitting in the median area.  If you have to angle your car to be clear of traffic, that would be blocking the intersection and you'd be ticketed for that.