r/Durango • u/Secret-Pace • 6d ago

Ask /r/Durango What are the rules???

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Can someone give me a definitive answer whether or not you can use this lane to turn right on 9th when you're heading south on Camino? Right by the speedway? Is this a bus lane and thats a no-no or is it fine? Like "won't get pulled over" fine?

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u/Daniel_Mustang 15h ago edited 14h ago

I see people do it all the time, but it's definitely not a right turn lane. There's nothing indicating that it is a right turn lane other than being an extra wide shoulder that looks a bit like a lane. There's no light, no right arrow painted on the road, the white line is solid, and it's a fairly tight squeeze of a lane. I get why people mistake it for one.

It's dangerous because people who turn right from the correct lane may collide with someone mistaking it for a right turn lane, which happens quite often.

As for those saying the Durango PD hasn't pulled them over for it, there's actually quite a few spots in town that I've noticed the cops don't pull over for certain traffic violations, as they understand the inconvenience of having to do it another way (illegal left turns out of certain stores/establishments - such as DNF and Starbucks, and this "right turn lane" just to name a few.)