3. Safe Driving: Turning

Question 1

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How long before your turn should you turn on your blinkers?

Answer 1

3 to 4 seconds

Question 2

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What distance before a turn should you turn on your blinkers?

Answer 2

100 feet (around 7 car lengths)

Question 3

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Which lanes can you turn into when making a right turn?

Answer 3

Only the right-most lane (unless road markers indicate otherwise)

Question 4

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When would you make a right turn into a lane other than the right lane?

Answer 4

If two or more lanes are “turn only” and lane markers guide you

Question 5

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How do you make a right turn if you want to end up in the left lane?

Answer 5

Right turn into right-most lane, then signal and change lanes to left lane

Question 6

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Which lanes can you turn into when making a left turn?

Answer 6

Left-most lane (unless road markers indicate otherwise)

Question 7

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When would you make a left turn into a lane other than the left lane?

Answer 7

If two or more lanes are “turn only” and lane markers guide you

Question 8

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How can you stay safe when making a left turn without a traffic light?

Answer 8

Point wheel straight ahead: rear-ended won’t push you into traffic

Question 9

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Who has right of way if you are making a left turn and there is a bicycle in the way?

Answer 9

Nobody ever has the right of way, you can only yield the right of way

Question 10

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Who should yield if you are making a left turn and a bicycle is coming the other way?

Answer 10

Yield to the bicycle

Question 11

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What do you do if you and another car coming the other way both are making left turns?

Answer 11

Both turn so passenger sides are besides each other (don’t pass the other car first, then left-turn)

Question 12

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When can you make a U-turn on a highway?

Answer 12

Never (only at intersections)

Question 13

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When can you make a U-turn in a residential area?

Answer 13

Only when its safe and no solid yellow center line

Question 14

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Can you make a U-turn in a city if the center yellow line is solid?

Answer 14

No

Question 15

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Can you make a U-turn in a city if the center yellow line is dashed?

Answer 15

No (no U-turns on city streets other than intersections)

Question 16

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Who must yield right of way if you are making a U-turn

Answer 16

You (always yield to any oncoming traffic, bikes, people)

Question 17

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Are turn signals a safety feature, convention, or required by law?

Answer 17

All three (it’s illegal to change lines or turn without a turn signal)

Question 18

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Are you required to use your turn signals when there are no other cars on the road?

Answer 18

Yes

Question 19

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Why are turn signals used when you’re the only car on the road?

Answer 19

Good habit, it’s the law, and someday you’ll be lazy and miss someone in your blind spot

Question 20

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Can you change lanes or make turns if your turn signals are broken?

Answer 20

No

Question 21

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What do you do if your turn signal is broken?

Answer 21

Use hand signals

Question 22

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What’s the hand signal for turning left?

Answer 22

Left arm straight out (imagine just pointing left)

Question 23

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What’s the hand signal for turning right?

Answer 23

Left arm out, hand up with eljbow bent 90 degrees (imagine pointing right over top of the car)

Question 24

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What’s the hand signal for slowing down?

Answer 24

Same as turning right, but arm bent downwards

Question 25

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What’s the hand signal for stopping?

Answer 25

Same as slowing down