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Summary: Knowing the correct steps for executing turns will decrease your risk of causing an accident. Learn defensive driving skills from a professional instructor in this free education video.
Doug Harvey has been the owner of Able Testing for 10 years. He and his staff not only administer the driving test to people looking to receive their state driver's license, but to...read more
"As you are coming into an intersection, to make a left turn, get in the extreme left hand lane. Your left turn signal is on and the light is red, stop at the obedience line, which is a solid white line. After the light turns green, look to the right, come out to the middle of the intersection and complete your left turn. Left turn from left lane into left lane. Now, when we are going to make a right turn, again, approaching the right turn in the extreme right hand lane, if the light is red, stopping at the obedience line. Now when completing my right turn, look to the left to make sure that all traffic has stopped. After the light has turned green, then I'll proceed from my right to my right lane. When you are coming up to an intersection and the light is green, slow down look left and look right. When you are coming up to another intersection and the light turns red, again, stop at the obedience line, look left, look right and proceed with extreme caution. After the light turns green, make sure that all of the traffic has stopped and that you have checked your complete surrounding areas for all traffic."
eHow Article: Defensive Driving: Turns