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A lot of that stuff depends on the proctor. When I took the driving test the first time in my state (not CA), he almost failed me because I failed every single
by 737maxtw 6y ago
A lot of that stuff depends on the proctor. When I took the driving test the first time in my state (not CA), he almost failed me because I failed every single left turn. Thankfully at the end he asked a question, and realized that I had done every turn incorrectly because nobody ever bothered to tell me that left turns always should go to the LEFT lane, not right.
- StillBored 6y agoYou and half the country. The rule is actually you match the lanes left to right. Aka if two lanes are turning left into a three lane road the second from the left goes into the middle. I suspect that people happened to have just zoned out during this part of the class, although a friend of mine recently said he was never taught that one is suppose to stay as far right as needed to allow people to pass on the left either. And its not just random drivers, the more esoteric parts of the law (driving on the shoulder in TX, free right turns, uturn laws, center turning lane, etc) aren't even understood by many traffic enforcement officers.
- function_seven 6y agoYeah, these are the gotchas that vary by state. In California, for a single left turn lane, you're allowed to complete the turn into any of the lanes you choose. The driver handbook doesn't go into detail about double turn lanes that feed into a 3-lane cross street. My own rule is that only the inner lane (leftmost) must complete the turn in the matching innermost lane. The outer lane can end their turn in the #2 or #3 lane. I tend to choose the #3 lane just to put as much space between me and the car next to me, in case they incorrectly go for the #2 lane. Unless there's an opposing right-turning car that I trust less :)