When deciding to make a U turn, your first consideration should be to check…?
- The turning radius of your vehicle
- The height of the curb
- The weather conditions
- The traffic regulations ✓
Answer: D. The traffic regulations
Your first consideration should be the traffic regulations, so check whether any sign prohibits a U-turn before you start the move.
Why this is the answer
The handbook opens its U-turn section by telling you to check that no sign forbids the turn before you make it. That matches the idea that the rules come first: whether the manoeuvre is legally allowed at that spot decides everything else. Only after that does the handbook deal with seeing clearly in both directions and turning safely. So the legal question is the one you settle before thinking about how you will physically perform the turn.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. The turning radius of your vehicle — How tightly your vehicle can turn is a detail of how you steer, and the handbook never lists turning radius as something to weigh before a U-turn.
- B. The height of the curb — Curb height is not mentioned anywhere in the U-turn guidance, which focuses on signs, sightlines and traffic instead.
- C. The weather conditions — The handbook does not tell you to assess the weather first; it points you to signs and to whether you can see well in both directions.
Remember it
Before you swing around, read the roadside: a sign that bans the turn stops the manoeuvre before it starts.
Official handbook: Official MTO Driver's Handbook, Changing directions – U-turn