↩️ Left & right turns
The DMV lists left and right turns as core road-test content, and New York's manual treats turn positions as law, not advice: right turns from as far right as practical into the right lane, left turns from closest-to-center into the correct lane of the new road, with your signal on at least 100 feet out.
What the examiner is watching for
- ✓The signal on at least 100 feet before the turn — ideally before you brake
- ✓Correct approach lane: far right for right turns, closest to the center line for left turns
- ✓Wheels kept straight while waiting to turn left, so a rear-end hit can't push you into oncoming traffic
- ✓Yielding to oncoming traffic when turning left, and to pedestrians in both crosswalks
Step by step
- 1Decide early, signal at least 100 feet out, and brake gently to turning speed.
- 2For a right turn: hug the right edge and finish in the right lane — no wide sweeps.
- 3For a left turn: approach from the lane nearest the center line and wait with wheels straight.
- 4Yield to traffic close enough to be a hazard — the manual says when in doubt, wait.
- 5Finish in the legally correct lane, then move over later if you need a different one.
Mistakes that cost points
- ✗Wide, sweeping right turns that swing into the far lane
- ✗Waiting to turn left with the wheels already turned — one tap from behind puts you head-on
- ✗Turning into the wrong lane of the new road
- ✗Forgetting pedestrians: they have the right-of-way in both marked and unmarked crosswalks
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