User:Hawkeygoal/IL Pages/IL Turns(2015)

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U-Turns

In Illinois, U-Turns can be performed unless specifically prohibited by law. Illinois statue defining the limitations on U-Turns is 625 ILCS 5/11-802 and can be reviewed in the Illinois Secretary of State Rules of Road booklet.

When considering enabling a U-Turn on the Waze map in Illinois, do so only if there is a strong potential to provide improved routing and the movement is not prohibited by law. Some possible situations where this could be the case are:

• Residences or business driveways or parking lots are connected to a divided primary street (PS/mH/MH), where doing so would eliminate complex routing to reach the other side of the road.
• At the ends of a single segment at a corner gas station (or similar corner parking lot road usage) to allow add-a-stop or new destination selections to provide an optimal exit route.

Do not enable U-Turns at every intersection on streets or primary streets (PS/mH/MH) even if allowed by law as this may also lead to routes that are challenging to execute.

Before enabling a U-Turn, be sure it is allowable by law. In summary, the conditions that must be met are:

• No traffic control devices posted prohibiting the movement.
• The movement may not be performed on a curve.
• The movement may not be perfomed on a hill or incline.
• A driver must be able to see in all directions on all roadways a at least 500 feet (152.4 meters).