Louisiana Revised Statutes & Codes

La. Rev. Stat. § 32:104 (2026)

A. No person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection unless the vehicle is in proper position upon the roadway as required in R.S. 32:101, 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 such movement can be made with reasonable safety.

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§104. Turning movements and required signals

A. No person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection unless the vehicle is in proper position upon the roadway as required in R.S. 32:101, 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 such movement can be made with reasonable safety.

B. Whenever a person intends to make a right or left turn which will take his vehicle from the highway it is then traveling, he shall give a signal of such intention in the manner described hereafter and such signal shall be given continuously during not less than the last one hundred (100) feet traveled by the vehicle before turning.

C. No person shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided herein to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the rear when there is opportunity to give such signal.

D. The signals provided for in R.S. 32:105(B) 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.

Acts 1962, No. 310, §1. Amended by Acts 1963, No. 33, §2; Acts 1970, No. 538, §1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 266 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1964–2026 · leading case: Brewer v. J.B. Hunt Transp., Inc., 35 So. 3d 230 (La. 2010).

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Brewer v. J.B. Hunt Transp., Inc., 35 So. 3d 230 (La. 2010). · cites it 6× “Further, Brewer maintains once the district court improperly instructed the jury as to the rear-end presumption, it was error for the court to refuse the instruction that a motorist changing lanes on a multi-lane highway has a duty under LSA-R.S. 32:104 to use a turn signal to…”

State v. McGraw, 1 So. 3d 645 (La. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 6× “R.S. 32:104 B). The charges were severed.”

Miller v. Leonard, 588 So. 2d 79 (La. 1991). · cites it 3× “[5] Stone, supra, § 269, at 373; Prosser, supra, § 38, at 239.”

Pruitt v. Nale, 46 So. 3d 780 (La. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 3× “R.S. 32:104. Defendant Nale breached his duty to make the left turn safely and is liable to Plaintiffs.”

Boudreaux v. Farmer, 604 So. 2d 641 (La. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “32:101, 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 such movement can be made with reasonable safety.”

Thibodeaux v. Ace Am. Ins. Co., 127 So. 3d 132 (La. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 4× “R.S. 32:104, La.R.S. 32:73, and La.R.S. 32:75.”

Bruce v. State Farm Ins. Co., 859 So. 2d 296 (La. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “directions on each roadway entering the intersection, an approach for a left turn shall be made in that portion of the right half of the roadway nearest the center line thereof and by passing to the right of such center line where it enters the intersection and after entering…”

Maricle v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 898 So. 2d 565 (La. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “R.S. 32:104. Ms. Maricle recalled someone interviewing her at the hospital, but did not recall everything she and the interviewer discussed.”

Severson v. St. Catherine of Sienna Catholic Church, 707 So. 2d 1026 (La. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “R.S. 32:104(A). Further, a driver intending to make a turn must "give a signal of such intention in the manner described hereafter and such signal shall be given continuously during not less than the last one hundred (100) feet traveled by the vehicle before turning.”

Waters v. Oliver, 223 So. 3d 37 (La. Ct. App. 2017). “R.S. 32:104). “Second, he must carefully examine the conditions around him to determine whether the turn can be made safely.”

Johnson v. Magitt, 111 So. 3d 11 (La. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “In addition, pursuant to L'SA-R.S. 32:104 A, a motorist changing lanes may not turn his or her vehicle from a direct course or move right or left upon a roadway unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety.”

Fontenot v. Pan Am. Fire & Cas. Co., 209 So. 2d 105 (La. Ct. App. 1968). · cites it 3× “LSA-R.S. 32:104, subd. A provides in pertinent part that no person shall execute a left turn at an intersection "unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety.”

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— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:104(A) — 58 cases

Brewer v. J.B. Hunt Transp., Inc., 35 So. 3d 230 (La. 2010). “Further, Brewer maintains once the district court improperly instructed the jury as to the rear-end presumption, it was error for the court to refuse the instruction that a motorist changing lanes on a multi-lane highway has a duty under LSA-R.S. 32:104 to use a turn signal to…”

Miller v. Leonard, 588 So. 2d 79 (La. 1991). “[5] Stone, supra, § 269, at 373; Prosser, supra, § 38, at 239.”

Bruce v. State Farm Ins. Co., 859 So. 2d 296 (La. Ct. App. 2003). “directions on each roadway entering the intersection, an approach for a left turn shall be made in that portion of the right half of the roadway nearest the center line thereof and by passing to the right of such center line where it enters the intersection and after entering…”

Pruitt v. Nale, 46 So. 3d 780 (La. Ct. App. 2010). “R.S. 32:104. Defendant Nale breached his duty to make the left turn safely and is liable to Plaintiffs.”

Green v. Nunley, 963 So. 2d 486 (La. Ct. App. 2007).

— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:104(B) — 18 cases

State v. Zeno, 155 So. 3d 4 (La. Ct. App. 2014).

Severson v. St. Catherine of Sienna Catholic Church, 707 So. 2d 1026 (La. Ct. App. 1998). “R.S. 32:104(A). Further, a driver intending to make a turn must "give a signal of such intention in the manner described hereafter and such signal shall be given continuously during not less than the last one hundred (100) feet traveled by the vehicle before turning.”

State v. Cormier, 649 So. 2d 528 (La. Ct. App. 1994).

State v. Savoie, 15 So. 3d 207 (La. Ct. App. 2009).

Breland v. Am. Ins. Co., 163 So. 2d 583 (La. Ct. App. 1964).

— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:104(C) — 3 cases

Vatter v. Navistar Int'l Corp., 150 F. Supp. 3d 703 (M.D. La. 2015).

Lawrence v. Dunaway, 554 So. 2d 1339 (La. Ct. App. 1989).

Patterson v. Smith, 469 So. 2d 1138 (La. Ct. App. 1985).

— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:104(D) — 7 cases

State v. Williams, 138 So. 3d 727 (La. Ct. App. 2014).

Johnson v. Smith, 86 So. 3d 874 (La. Ct. App. 2012).

State v. Shaw, 736 So. 2d 951 (La. Ct. App. 1999).

State v. Collins, 87 So. 3d 857 (La. Ct. App. 2010).

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