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Earlier editions: 2026-09

Title 10 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Riverside Municipal Code Ch. 10.24 Turning Movements

Riverside Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Riverside

Cite as: Riverside Municipal Code Chapter 10.24 · Text as of 2026-10-04

10.24.010 - Authority to place and obedience to turning markers.

A. The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to place markers, channelizers, or signs within or adjacent to intersections indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, and the City Traffic Engineer is authorized to allocate and indicate more than one lane of traffic from which drivers of vehicles may make right or left hand turns, and the course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed by law or ordinance.

B. When authorized markers, buttons, or other indications are placed within an intersection indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning thereat, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of such indications.

(Ord. 7362 § 3, 2017; Ord. 2940 § 6.1, 1961)

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10.24.020 - Authority to place restricted turn signs.

The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to determine those intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right, left or U turn, and shall place proper signs at such intersections. The making of such turns may be prohibited between certain hours of any day and permitted at other hours, in which event the same shall be plainly indicated on the signs or they may be removed when such turns are permitted.

(Ord. 2940 § 6.2, 1961)

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10.24.030 - Obedience to no-turn signs.

Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no thru, right or left or U turn is permitted, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of any such sign.

(Ord. 7362 § 3, 2017; Ord. 2940 § 6.3, 1961)

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10.24.040 - Turns against traffic stop signal.

The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to determine those intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a turn against a red or stop signal and shall erect proper signs giving notice of such prohibition. No driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of any such sign.

(Ord. 2940 § 6.4, 1961)

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