Limitations on turning around; use of storage lanes while turning.
New Orleans City Code § 154-443
in effectSec. 154-443. - Limitations on turning around; use of storage lanes while turning.
(a) The driver of any vehicle shall not turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any through street or upon any street in a business district other than a boulevard and shall not, upon any other street, so turn a vehicle unless such movement can be made in safety and without interfering with the right-of-way of approaching traffic either in opposing lanes or intersecting lanes of traffic.
(b) No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve or upon the approach to or near the crest of a grade where such vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction within 300 feet.
(c) At those intersections having storage lanes for turning movements, it shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to turn any place other than through such storage lanes.
(Code 1956, § 38-82)
Source: City of New Orleans, Code of Ordinances and Home Rule Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/la/new_orleans/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH154TRVE_ARTVOPVE_DIV3TUSTRU_S154-443LITUARUSSTLAWHTUFetched: 10/28/2026