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Section 28° The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do so as follows: (a) APproach for a right turn and a right turn shall be made as close as prac- ticable to the right-hand curb or edge of the street. (b) At any intersection where traffic is permitted to move in both directions on each street entering the intersection, an approach for a left turn shall be made in that portio$ of the right half of the street nearest the center line thereof and by passing to the right of such center line where it enters the intersection 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 street being entered. Whenever practicable the left turn shall be made in that portion of the intersection to the left of the Center cf the intersection. (c) At any intersection where traffic is restricted to one ~irection on one or more of'the streets~ the driver cf a vehicle intending tc turn left at any such inter- section shall approach the intersection in the extreme left-hand lane.lawfully avail- able to traffic moving in the direction of travel of such vehicle and after entering ~ the intersection the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection, as nearly as practicable, in the left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in such direction upon the street being entered. (d) The operator of a trackless trolley shall cOmply with the foregoing provi- sions in this section wherever practicable~ (d) The Director of Public Safety may cause markers, buttons, or signs to be Placed within or adjacent to intersections and thereby require and direct that a diff- erent course from that specified in this section be traveled by vehicles, certain types of vehicles, street cars or trackless trolleys, turnLn~ at an intersection, and when markers, buttons, or Signs are so placed no operator of a vehicle, street.car or track- less trolley shall turn such vehicle, street car or trackless trolley at an intersec~ tion other than as directed and required by such markers, buttons, or signs. Section 29. No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite di- rectionupon 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 five hundred feeto SeCtion 30. (a) No ~erson shallstart ~ vehicle, street car or trackless ~ trolley which is stopped, standing, or parked unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety. (b) Before hacking, operators of vehicles, street cars or trackless trolleys, shall give ample warning and while backing shall exercise vigilance not to injure person or property on the street~ Section 31. (a) No person shall turn a vehicle or trackless trolley from a direct course upon a street unless and until such person shall have exercised due care to ascertain that such movement can be made with reasonable safety to other users of the street and then only after giving a clearly audible signal by sounding the horn if any pedestrian may be affected by such movement or after giving an appropriate signal in the event any traffic may be affected by such movemento (b) A signal of intention toturn right or left shall be given in sufficient time in advance of the moVement indicated to give ample warning to other users of the street who would bo affected by such movemento (c) No person shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle or track- less trolley without first giving an appropriate signal to the traffic immediately to the rear~ (d) Any stoP or turn signal when required herein shall be given either by means of the hand and arm or by a signal lamp or lamps or mechanical signal device, but when a vehicle is so constructed or loaded that a hand-and-arm signal would not be visible beth to the front and rear Of such vehicle then said signals must be given by such a lamp or lamps or signal deviceo