Whenever any roadway has been divided into two (2) or more clearly marked lanes for traffic, the following rules in addition to all others consistent with this subchapter shall apply:
(1) A vehicle shall be driven as nearly as practical entirely within a single lane and shall not be moved from the lane until the driver has first ascertained that movement can be made with safety;
(2) Official signs may be erected directing slower-moving traffic to use a designated lane or allocating specified lanes to traffic moving in the same direction, and drivers of vehicles shall obey the directions of every such sign.
History. Acts 1937, No. 300, § 62; Pope's Dig., § 6720; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-613; Acts 2001, No. 312, § 1.
Case Notes
In damage action growing out of a collision resulting when an automobile in the second lane from the curb attempted a right turn into a driveway and another behind it attempted to move into the curb lane preparatory to making a right turn at the intersection ahead, a jury instruction embodying subdivision (1) of this section was applicable and applied with equal force to both drivers. Moore v. Cook, 243 Ark. 502, 420 S.W.2d 905 (1967).
Road conditions in and of themselves do not constitute negligence; the issue, rather, is how people perform under those conditions. Sublett v. Hipps, 330 Ark. 58, 952 S.W.2d 140 (1997).
Cited: Smith v. City of Little Rock, 305 Ark. 168, 806 S.W.2d 371 (1991); Hoay v. State, 75 Ark. App. 103, 55 S.W.3d 782 (2001).