I feel your pain, I see it many times everyday. Mostly with younger drivers. You can easily see where they live too. The ground is torn up on both sides of their driveway apron.I do, and it drives me wild.
A wide turn is when you do not turn to the lane closest to you. Very simple.
Here in the U.S., that is unlawful and you can be pulled over/stopped for it.
Now, the purpose of this thread is not to debate what happens when one gets stopped.. it is to ask, if you know anyone that ALWAYS TURNS WIDE.
And, if like me, you think.. "If I did that."
I most always turn to the lane closest, THEN immediately get the blinker on and go to next lane.. that is the proper way to do it. Not every time, I'm not perfect and I do not claim to be. But does this drive anyone else.. absolutely nuts?
I take it, you passed that test?I'm thinking back to my first driving lesson, in a green AMC Hornet with a 3-on-the-floor shifter (because I'd opted to take my lessons in a "standard").
The instructor met me at my parents' house, and I drove hesitantly around our isolated inner suburb for a few minutes. The instructor then suggested we go out to the main road. GULP! I immediately made my first error, executing a "wide turn".
The instructor told me that the law said I had to turn into the first available lane. I thought "Rats! That means I have to apply all that written theory."
But I took it to heart, and have avoided making "wide turns" since, and rant at drivers who do. It's very common here. The legal exception here is when there's a car parked in the curb lane within a certain distance of the intersection.
I tend to stop short of the line at intersections to let folks have a wide berth and not have to crawl … some of the lines are very close to the intersection an don’t give an F350 with a boat much room … especially when half the jerks stop past the lineQuite a few folks around here do.
I have this issue 2-3 time a week right here. People just don't care, and they're under the impression that they're the only ones on the road.I get more irritated by people who don't stay in their lane on a double left turn.
That was my first lesson of six or eight. That was followed by infrequent drives in my father's '67 Chrysler Newport, punctuated by Dad yelling "Be careful, you'll hit that car!!!"I take it, you passed that test?
I did fail parallel parking, but you were allowed to bomb on one thing. So I passed
That was my first lesson of six or eight. That was followed by infrequent drives in my father's '67 Chrysler Newport, punctuated by Dad yelling "Be careful, you'll hit that car!!!"
Finally I did my road test in the same old Chrysler, and passed, which shocked Dad.
I think he's talking about a situation where the red car is making a right and the blue is making a left. The blue car making the left drifts into the far right lane which would be occupied by the red car who made the right hand turn.My state allows a left turn from a single left turn lane to enter either lane after the turn. If there are 2 or more left turn lanes you must stay in your lane
Yes, and if there are traffic lights giving the left turner a green arrow, the driver considering a right turn on red has to yield to everything that might cross his path, including that situation.The blue car making the left drifts into the far right lane which would be occupied by the red car.
This. Being from Texas I’ve always noticed that this is common in the South as opposed to anywhere else in the country. It’s also very common on two lane rural route roads when someone wants to make a left, they swing out to the right first.Why do people sometimes swing wayyyy out to the left, and then turn right?
Moving trucks, school buses, 18 wheelers, police vehicles, etc.I do, and it drives me wild.
A wide turn is when you do not turn to the lane closest to you. Very simple.
Here in the U.S., that is unlawful and you can be pulled over/stopped for it.
Now, the purpose of this thread is not to debate what happens when one gets stopped.. it is to ask, if you know anyone that ALWAYS TURNS WIDE.
And, if like me, you think.. "If I did that."
I most always turn to the lane closest, THEN immediately get the blinker on and go to next lane.. that is the proper way to do it. Not every time, I'm not perfect and I do not claim to be. But does this drive anyone else.. absolutely nuts?