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Old 02-12-2018, 06:40 PM
 
Location: MO->MI->CA->TX->MA
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I couldn't find anything in the driver's handbook that specifically addresses those U-turn lanes.

Example

When you come to the end of one, there's a ton of traffic that will be competing for the road ahead including:

1) Through traffic from the frontage road (3 o-clock in the image)
2) Left turn traffic from the intersection (4 o-clock)
3) Right turn traffic from the opposite direction (1 o-clock)

Now, I've lived and driven in several other states and have never come across this sort of setup until Texas.. and up until this point, I've been just going with the flow. From my observation, 1) and 2) ALWAYS have the right of way (pretty common sense.) However, in the absence of 1) and 2), who has right of way?

A) 3)?
B) You?
C) The first one to arrive at the intersection between 3) and You?

Or is there some other rule?

Keep in mind 3) will sometimes be making a right on red but you cannot see the light from where you are waiting so you wouldn't know and cannot use that as a criteria. In other cases, 3) will be coming from another ramp with a Yield sign at the end just like this one and I'm assuming those would be first come first serve in the absence of 1) and 2) ?
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Old 02-13-2018, 08:56 AM
 
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You always yield to the oncoming traffic in the far left lane (the lane you will be turning/merging into) regardless where it is coming from.

In the case of 3, they should be turning into the furthest right lane, and since you turn into the furthest left lane it should be a non-issue. If it is a single lane road then you are still yielding to the traffic already in the lane, so if someone is in the process of turning right then you yield. If they are stopped then you can go, of course use some common sense.
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