STARTING AND TURNING, SIGNALS ON STOPPING AND TURNING

Colorado Springs City Code ch. 10, art. 7

in effect

Colorado Springs City Code § 10.7.101 STARTING PARKED VEHICLE

10.7.101: STARTING PARKED VEHICLE: No person shall start or move a vehicle which is stopped, standing or parked unless the movement can be made with reasonable safety. (1968 Code §6-7-1; Ord. 75-86; Ord. 01-42)

Colorado Springs City Code § 10.7.102 SIGNALS REQUIRED ON MOVEMENT OF VEHICLE

10.7.102: SIGNALS REQUIRED ON MOVEMENT OF VEHICLE: A. No person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection unless the vehicle is in proper position upon the roadway as required in section 10.7.103 of this article or turn a vehicle to enter a private road or driveway, or otherwise turn a vehicle from a direct course or move right or left upon a roadway unless and until the movement can be made with reasonable safety and then only after giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided in sections 10.7.104 and 10.7.105 of this article. B. A signal of intention to turn right or left when required shall be given continuously during at least the last one hundred feet (100') traveled by the vehicle before turning, except that the signal shall be given continuously for at least two hundred feet (200') on all highways where the speed limit is more than forty (40) miles per hour. The signals shall be given regardless of existing weather conditions. C. No person shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle without first giving a signal in the manner provided in sections 10.7.104 and 10.7.105 of this article to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the rear when there is opportunity to give the signal. (1968 Code §6-7-2; Ord. 75-86; Ord. 01-42)

Colorado Springs City Code § 10.7.103 POSITION AND METHOD OF TURNING

10.7.103: POSITION AND METHOD OF TURNING: A. Except where official markings or signs direct a different course, the driver of a vehicle intending to turn shall do so as follows: 1. Right Turns: Both the approach for a right turn and a right turn shall be made as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway. 2. Left Turns: The driver of a vehicle intending to turn left shall approach the turn in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the direction of travel of the vehicle. Whenever practicable, the left turn shall be made to the left of the center of the intersection or other location so as to leave the intersection or other location in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the same direction as the vehicle on the roadway being entered. 3. Two-Way Left Turn Lanes: Where a special lane for making left turns by drivers proceeding in opposite directions has been indicated by official traffic-control devices, a left turn shall not be made from any other lane, and a vehicle shall not be driven in the special lane except when preparing for or making a left turn from or into a roadway, driveway or alley, or when preparing for or making a U-turn when otherwise permitted by law. B. At any intersection or other location designated by the City Traffic Engineer, and where authorized signs are erected and posted giving notice, turns may be made in the direction indicated by the signs from more than one lane of traffic as indicated by the signs. When any turn is so made the driver of the vehicle making the turn shall keep sufficient distance between the driver's vehicle and another vehicle turning in the same direction so as to avoid a collision, and shall enter the same lane of traffic on the street turned into as the vehicle was in on the street turned from, and no turn shall be made regardless of the posted signs permitting the same unless it can be done with safety. The driver making any turn shall give the appropriate signal as is required in making any other turn as provided for in this chapter. C. Whenever a lane of traffic on any street or highway is designated by an official traffic-control device as a right or left turn only lane, it shall be unlawful for the driver of a vehicle in the lane to make any other movement at an intersection. (Ord. 83-317; Ord. 01-42)

Colorado Springs City Code § 10.7.104 SIGNALS BY HAND AND ARM OR SIGNAL DEVICE

10.7.104: SIGNALS BY HAND AND ARM OR SIGNAL DEVICE: A. Any stop or turn signal required by section 10.7.102 of this article shall be given either by means of the hand and arm or by a signal light or signal device of a type approved by the State Department of Revenue, except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this section. B. Any motor vehicle in use on a street in this City shall be equipped with, and required signals shall be given by, signal lamps when the distance from the center of the top of the steering post to the left outside of the body, cab or load of the motor vehicles exceeds twenty four inches (24"), or when the distance from the center of the top of the steering post to the rear limit of the body or load exceeds fourteen feet (14'). The latter measurement shall apply to any single vehicle, also to any combination of vehicles. C. The signals provided for in subsection B of this section shall be used to indicate an intention to turn, change lanes or start from a parked position and shall not be flashed on one side only on a parked or disabled vehicle, or flashed as a courtesy or "Do Pass" signal to operators of other vehicles approaching from the rear. (1968 Code §6-7-4; Ord. 75-86; Ord. 01-42)

Colorado Springs City Code § 10.7.105 METHOD OF GIVING HAND AND ARM SIGNALS

10.7.105: METHOD OF GIVING HAND AND ARM SIGNALS: All signals required to be given by hand and arm shall be given by the driver from the left side of the vehicle in the following manner and the signals shall indicate as follows: A. Left turn – hand and arm fully extended horizontally. B. Right turn – hand and arm fully extended upward. C. Stop or decrease of speed – hand and arm fully extended downward. (1968 Code §6-7-5; Ord. 75-86; Ord. 01-42)

Colorado Springs City Code § 10.7.106 LIMITATIONS ON TURNING AROUND

10.7.106: LIMITATIONS ON TURNING AROUND: A. The driver of a vehicle shall not turn the vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any street or highway within this City under any of the following conditions: 1. Upon any curve, or upon the approach to or near the crest of a grade, where the vehicle cannot be entirely seen by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction within seven hundred fifty feet (750'). 2. Upon any physically divided street or highway except as permitted under the provisions of section 10.10.101 of this chapter. 3. At any place where official signs are erected prohibiting the movement. B. The driver of any vehicle shall not turn a vehicle upon any other street or highway within this City unless the movement can be made in safety and without interfering with other traffic. (1968 Code §6-7-6; Ord. 75-86; Ord. 90-81; Ord. 01-42)

Colorado Springs City Code § 10.7.107 OBEDIENCE TO TURN PROHIBITION SIGNS

10.7.107: OBEDIENCE TO TURN PROHIBITION SIGNS: Whenever official signs are erected prohibiting or restricting a right or left turn, a U-turn or all turns, as authorized in section 10.1.309 of this chapter, no driver shall disobey the directions of any sign. (1968 Code §6-7-7; Ord. 75-86; Ord. 01-42)

Source: City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, City Code and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/coloradospringsco/latest/coloradosprings_co/0-0-0-17871Fetched: 11/1/2026