Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-703 (2026)

Turning at intersections

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The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do so as follows:

(a) Both the approach for a right turn and the turn itself shall be made as close as practical to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.

(b) The approach for a left turn shall be made in that portion of the right half of the roadway nearest the center line thereof and after entering the intersection the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection to the right of the center line of the roadway being entered.

(c) The approach for a left turn from a two-way street into a one-way street 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. A left turn from a one-way street into a two-way street shall be made by passing to the right of the center line of the street being entered upon leaving the intersection.

Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may cause markers, buttons, or signs to be placed within or adjacent to intersections and thereby require and direct that a different course from that specified in this section be traveled by vehicles turning at an intersection. When markers, buttons, or signs are so placed no driver of a vehicle shall turn a vehicle at an intersection other than as directed and required by such markers, buttons, or signs.

Codes, 1942, § 8189; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1985–1985 · leading case: Byrd v. FS Prestress, Inc., 464 So. 2d 63 (Miss. 1985).

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Byrd v. FS Prestress, Inc., 464 So. 2d 63 (Miss. 1985). “P-18 would have advised the jury that, because Smith turned into the lefthand-easternmost lane of the southbound two lanes of Highway 49, he violated Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-703 (b) (1972) and is thus negligent as a matter of law.”

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