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Home » US Law » 2022 Maryland Statutes » Transportation » Title 21 - Vehicle Laws -- Rules of the Road » Subtitle 6 - Turning and Starting; Signals on Stopping, Turning, and Starting » Section 21-601 – Required Position and Method of Turning at Intersections or Crossovers

    (a)    If the driver of a vehicle intends to turn right at any intersection, he shall approach the intersection and make the right turn as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.

    (b)    If the driver of a vehicle intends to turn left at any intersection or crossover, he shall approach the intersection or crossover in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the same direction.

    (c)    If the driver of a vehicle intends to turn left at any intersection or crossover, the driver shall, after entering the intersection or crossover, make the left turn so as to leave the intersection in a lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the same direction on the roadway being entered.

    (d)    (1)    The State Highway Administration or any local authority may place a traffic control device at or near any intersection in its jurisdiction and, with it, direct that vehicles turning at the intersection travel a course different from one specified in this section.

        (2)    At an intersection where a traffic control device is placed under this subsection, the driver of a vehicle may not turn otherwise than as directed by the device.