Tag:restriction=no_u_turn

restriction = no_u_turn
Description
A prohibition against making a U-turn
Group: restrictions
Used on these elements
Requires
type=restriction
Useful combination
except=*
See also
restriction=only_u_turn turn:lanes=reverse manoeuvre=uturn
Status: de facto
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A no U-turn restriction prohibits a road user from making a U-turn – that is, turning around and proceeding in the opposite direction. A prohibition against making a very sharp turn may also be signposted as a prohibition against making a U-turn.

How to map

Identify the intersection at which the road user may not make a U-turn. Create a relation with the tags type=restriction restriction=no_u_turn with the intersection node as the via member and the immediately adjacent ways as from and to members. If the road is a dual carriageway, the via member is the tiny segment of the cross street that connects the from and to ways. Otherwise, the same way may be a member of the same relation twice, with the roles from and to=*.

You can add implicit=yes to indicate that the legal no U-turn restriction has no explicit signage on the spot, or that there is no legal restriction but a U-turn restriction is being mapped regardless, perhaps for practical reasons.

Optionally, tag the location of the sign indicating this prohibition as the appropriate traffic_sign=* value, for example, traffic_sign=DE:272 in Germany.

If U-turns are only prohibited at certain times or by certain vehicles, use restriction:conditional=no_u_turn. On the other hand, if U-turns are normally prohibited except by certain vehicles, use except=*.

A U-turn restriction relation only pertains to U-turns at intersections. In some places, U-turns may be prohibited along a specific stretch of road or within a specific zone. In these cases, some mappers have tagged the roadway with u_turn=no or no_u_turn=yes.

Examples

• 
  Vienna Convention
  (right-hand traffic)
• 
  Vienna Convention
  (left-hand traffic)
• 
  United States
• 
  United States:
  restriction=no_left_turn

  ---

  restriction=no_u_turn
• 
  United States (California):
  restriction=no_u_turn

  ---

  restriction=no_left_turn_on_red
• 
  Vietnam:
  restriction:motorcar=no_u_turn

Software support

No U-turn restriction relations are widely supported among routing engines.

Even if a U-turn restriction relation is missing, a typical routing engine tries to avoid sending the user on a U-turn, since it does not know whether the road is wide enough or the vehicle is short enough to successfully make the U-turn. Moreover, it cannot be sure whether a U-turn is actually permitted or whether a U-turn restriction relation just has yet to be mapped.

See also

• restriction=only_u_turn – the opposite tag, requiring the road user to make a U-turn
• turn:lanes=reverse – allowing the road user to make a U-turn from a particular lane
• manoeuvre=uturn – clarifying that a particular movement is considered a U-turn, even if it technically does not resemble one