Turn to your right, turn to your left

    Usually when I finish writing one of my articles I read back over it and hope that I don’t sound as if I give a lecture every month. My hope is to help us remember some of those driving tips we got back when we were 16 and bring it to the forefront of our minds. I know I don’t remember everything I learned back when I was 16.
    This month I want to touch on the subject of turns because when we drive we turn a lot, and not everyone is doing it correctly. The majority of crashes happen at intersections, so we need to be more cautious around them.
    When you are at an intersection and plan on making a turn, it is very important to make sure it’s accomplished correctly. This might amuse you thinking you’ve done it before and so you can accomplish the task. But then ask yourself are you doing it correctly, which in turn, equals safety.
    Let’s say a car is in the right turn lane and going to make a right turn. The road it is going to turn on usually has several lanes. One could be an acceleration lane, or the second one may be a through-travel lane, meaning that road has cars that are already using that lane. In either case, the car turning right is required by law to turn to the closest lane to it. The car is not allowed to turn right and then go directly across multiple lanes to get to the farthest left lane, even if you are planning on turning in a very short distance. The way around that is to go down to an area you can do that safely as well as legally.
 

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