NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 768

SENATE BILL 371

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-154(b) TO REQUIRE OPERATORS OF VEHICLES TO GIVE CONTINUOUS SIGNAL OF INTENTION TO TURN AT LEAST 200 FEET BEFORE TURNING.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-154(b), as the same appears in the 1963 Cumulative Supplement to Recompiled Volume 1C of the General Statutes of North Carolina, is hereby amended by adding the following at the end of the third paragraph thereof:

"Provided, that in all areas where the speed limit is 45 miles per hour or higher and the operator intends to turn from a direct line of travel, a signal of intention to turn from a direct line of travel shall be given continuously during the last 200 feet traveled before turning; and provided further that the violation of this Section shall not constitute negligence per se."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 1965.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of June, 1965.