I did check sources from all jurisdictions, but can’t be bothered pasting every single link, sorry.
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The most beautiful infographic I have seen in a long time.
Why?
Like, sure it’s interesting if you like this kinda thing, but why these three countries together. What question prompted you to make this?
Also, that is a cursed legend. Stick them together like a normal person.
Nowhere in Australia that I am aware of has municipal-level traffic laws.
In Victoria, U-turns are legal at any intersection, with or without traffic lights, and at breaks in the median, unless there’s a no u-turn sign. It’s highly permissive, the exact opposite of all other states and territories in Australia.
This feels strangely mean to point out Nunavut has no traffic lights.
I have lived in Ontario my whole life, lived in many different cities and towns within it and I can confirm this is factually incorrect. U-turns are usually only permitted at traffic lights where there is a sign indicating such and usually those intersections have dedicated left turn lanes and signals.
In my weird (US) state, U-turns are illegal unless specifically signed, but turning left on a red light (onto a one-way) is a-ok!
What a terrible color scheme.
This never made sense to me. Some of those places where U-turns at traffic lights are illegal have intersections where there are “No U-Turn” signs. Why did they spend maybe millions of $ to put signs at some (but not all) intersections when it’s illegal everywhere anyway?
Ontario also has the least traffic fatalities of any state/province in NA
Living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, I can’t tell you how much I’ve seen that law ignored by drivers.
In Manitoba you can U-turn everywhere, unless a sign says no, which is always annoying… We also have one of these…
![[OC] Legality of U-turn at traffic lights in CA / AU / NZ](https://www.europesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fa4ndkbxuxne1-1700x1024.png)
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The less-usual rules:
N&L: page 33 of [Road Users Guide](https://tests.ca/newfoundland-and-labrador/drivers-guide/) ; PEI: page 94 of [Driver’s Handbook](https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/sites/default/files/publications/proof3_drivers_handbook_eng_2021_kl_-_03292021.pdf)
I did check sources from all jurisdictions, but can’t be bothered pasting every single link, sorry.
(OC here: rejected by r/canada, not yet posted to r/australia and r/newzealand )
Drawn with Affinity Designer. Readable in greyscale.
The most beautiful infographic I have seen in a long time.
Why?
Like, sure it’s interesting if you like this kinda thing, but why these three countries together. What question prompted you to make this?
Also, that is a cursed legend. Stick them together like a normal person.
Nowhere in Australia that I am aware of has municipal-level traffic laws.
In Victoria, U-turns are legal at any intersection, with or without traffic lights, and at breaks in the median, unless there’s a no u-turn sign. It’s highly permissive, the exact opposite of all other states and territories in Australia.
This feels strangely mean to point out Nunavut has no traffic lights.
I have lived in Ontario my whole life, lived in many different cities and towns within it and I can confirm this is factually incorrect. U-turns are usually only permitted at traffic lights where there is a sign indicating such and usually those intersections have dedicated left turn lanes and signals.
The world needs the Texas U-turn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_U-turn
It’s a beautiful thing.
In my weird (US) state, U-turns are illegal unless specifically signed, but turning left on a red light (onto a one-way) is a-ok!
What a terrible color scheme.
This never made sense to me. Some of those places where U-turns at traffic lights are illegal have intersections where there are “No U-Turn” signs. Why did they spend maybe millions of $ to put signs at some (but not all) intersections when it’s illegal everywhere anyway?
Ontario also has the least traffic fatalities of any state/province in NA
Living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, I can’t tell you how much I’ve seen that law ignored by drivers.
In Manitoba you can U-turn everywhere, unless a sign says no, which is always annoying… We also have one of these…
https://preview.redd.it/vbmrxet21zne1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=ae71a24a8df39b5b3942a15e10374abb0139d523
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