(真是对不住大家,实在是有点小忙,马上接着前面的故事)
放下了电话,我开始嘀咕起来。这罚单不知道要多少钱呢,赶紧掏出来再研究研究吧。这次我又仔细看了看罚单,发现了一些信息,那就是法条的编号。好不容易拿了一次罚单,咱犯的是哪条法律也得搞明白啊。我一看警察写的法条是CVC22103, 赶紧回去Google了一下,DMV官网是这么写的
No person in a residence district shall make a U-turn when any other vehicle is approaching from either direction within 200 feet, except at an intersection when the approaching vehicle is controlled by an official traffic control device.
我瞅了半天,糊涂了。这什么意思?“任何人在居民区来回两个方向上200英尺内的地方不能掉头,除在受交通指挥的路口外。”细细想来我U-turn的地方,左手边就是一商场,右手边是10号公路,怎么看也不像是居民区啊!!居民区建在商场里是吗?!还是商场建筑物也算居民区?!这法律上到底怎么定义居民区的啊?我于是又Google 了一下。这次的结果是这样的:
CVC Section 515. A "residence district" is that portion of a highway and the property contiguous thereto, other than a business district, (a) upon one side of which highway, within a distance of a quarter of a mile, the contiguous property fronting thereon is occupied by 13 or more separate dwelling houses or business structures, or (b) upon both sides of which highway, collectively, within a distance of a quarter of a mile, the contiguous property fronting thereon is occupied by 16 or more separate dwelling houses or business structures. A residence district may be longer than one-quarter of a mile if the above ratio of separate dwelling houses or business structures to the length of the highway exists.
这上面说的意思就是,居民区如果一边临街,那就得是四分之一英里(大约400码)内有连续或分散的13所居民楼或商业建筑;如果两边都临街,那四分之一英里内得有16所或者更多连续或者分散的居民楼或商业建筑。看到这儿我更糊涂了——这跟警察和我说的哪也不挨哪啊。我再看看别的U-turn情况吧,从CVC22101一直看到了CVC22105,我发现了一些端倪。CVC22102是这么写的:
No person in a business district shall make a U-turn, except at an intersection, or on a divided highway where an opening has been provided in accordance with Section 21651. This turning movement shall be made as close as practicable to the extreme left-hand edge of the lanes moving in the driver's direction of travel immediately prior to the initiation of the turning movement, when more than one lane in the direction of travel is present.
这一条的大概意思就是说,在商业区中,不可在符合21651之规定的路口掉头。掉头只能在同一方向上有两条车道的情况下进行。