3. Safe Driving: Turning Flashcards
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How long before your turn should you turn on your blinkers?
3 to 4 seconds
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What distance before a turn should you turn on your blinkers?
100 feet (around 7 car lengths)
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Which lanes can you turn into when making a right turn?
Only the right-most lane (unless road markers indicate otherwise)
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When would you make a right turn into a lane other than the right lane?
If two or more lanes are “turn only” and lane markers guide you
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How do you make a right turn if you want to end up in the left lane?
Right turn into right-most lane, then signal and change lanes to left lane
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Which lanes can you turn into when making a left turn?
Left-most lane (unless road markers indicate otherwise)
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When would you make a left turn into a lane other than the left lane?
If two or more lanes are “turn only” and lane markers guide you
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How can you stay safe when making a left turn without a traffic light?
Point wheel straight ahead: rear-ended won’t push you into traffic
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Who has right of way if you are making a left turn and there is a bicycle in the way?
Nobody ever has the right of way, you can only yield the right of way
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Who should yield if you are making a left turn and a bicycle is coming the other way?
Yield to the bicycle
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What do you do if you and another car coming the other way both are making left turns?
Both turn so passenger sides are besides each other (don’t pass the other car first, then left-turn)
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When can you make a U-turn on a highway?
Never (only at intersections)
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When can you make a U-turn in a residential area?
Only when its safe and no solid yellow center line
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Can you make a U-turn in a city if the center yellow line is solid?
No
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Can you make a U-turn in a city if the center yellow line is dashed?
No (no U-turns on city streets other than intersections)
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Who must yield right of way if you are making a U-turn
You (always yield to any oncoming traffic, bikes, people)
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Are turn signals a safety feature, convention, or required by law?
All three (it’s illegal to change lines or turn without a turn signal)
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Are you required to use your turn signals when there are no other cars on the road?
Yes
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Why are turn signals used when you’re the only car on the road?
Good habit, it’s the law, and someday you’ll be lazy and miss someone in your blind spot
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Can you change lanes or make turns if your turn signals are broken?
No
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What do you do if your turn signal is broken?
Use hand signals
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What’s the hand signal for turning left?
Left arm straight out (imagine just pointing left)
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What’s the hand signal for turning right?
Left arm out, hand up with eljbow bent 90 degrees (imagine pointing right over top of the car)
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What’s the hand signal for slowing down?
Same as turning right, but arm bent downwards
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What’s the hand signal for stopping?
Same as slowing down
