DRIVING ON DIVIDED STREETS, CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS

Colorado Springs City Code ch. 10, art. 10

in effect

Colorado Springs City Code § 10.10.101 DRIVING ON DIVIDED STREETS

10.10.101: DRIVING ON DIVIDED STREETS: A. Whenever any street or highway has been divided into separate roadways by leaving an intervening space or by a physical barrier or clearly indicated dividing sections so constructed as to impede vehicular traffic, every vehicle shall be driven only upon the right-hand roadway, unless directed or permitted by official traffic-control devices to use another roadway. B. No vehicle shall be driven over, across or within any dividing space, barrier or section, except through an opening in the physical barrier or dividing section or space or at a crossover or intersection as established, and then only if the movement is not specifically prohibited by official signs and markings. However, this subsection does not prohibit a left turn across a median island formed by standard pavement markings or other mountable or traversable devices when the movement can be made in safety and without interfering with, impeding, or endangering other traffic lawfully using the highway as required in section 10.2.102 of this chapter. (1968 Code §6-10-1; Ord. 75-86; Ord. 88-151; Ord. 90-81; Ord. 01-42)

Colorado Springs City Code § 10.10.102 CONTROLLED-ACCESS ROADS

10.10.102: CONTROLLED-ACCESS ROADS: A. No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any controlled- access roadway except at the entrances and exits as are established by public authority. B. Whenever an acceleration lane has been provided in conjunction with a ramp entering a controlled-access highway, and the ramp intersection is not designated or signed as a stop or yield intersection as provided in section 10.7.106 of this chapter, drivers may use the acceleration lane to attain a safe speed for merging with through traffic when conditions permit acceleration with safety; provided, that merging traffic shall be subject to the rule governing the changing of lanes as set forth in subsection 10.9.102A of this chapter. C. Whenever a deceleration lane has been provided in conjunction with a ramp leaving a controlled-access highway, drivers shall use the lane to slow to a safe speed for making an exit turn after leaving the mainstream of faster moving traffic. D. Pedestrians, bicycles, electrical assisted bicycles, electric scooters, low-power scooters, motorcycles, off-highway vehicles, EPAMDs, and/or other nonmotorized traffic, or any person operating a vehicle, shall be excluded from use of any controlled-access roadway when official signs are erected on or at entrances to any roadway, giving notice as authorized in section 10.1.309 of this chapter. E. The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same upon any shoulder or roadway of any controlled-access highway. (1968 Code §6-10-2; Ord. 75-86; Ord. 85-263; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 21-23)

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/0-0-0-17970Fetched: 11/1/2026