What is an important step in turning?
- Check traffic in all directions. ✓
- Increase your speed.
- Always move to the left lane.
Answer: A. Check traffic in all directions.
Before you turn, check traffic in all directions — that is the step that keeps the turn safe.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's pre-move routine has you signal, check your mirrors, look over your shoulder toward the direction you plan to go, and scan blind spots for other vehicles, motorcyclists, and bicyclists. It also tells you to be careful when turning or backing up because blind pedestrians may be nearby and rely on sound. Together, that means your eyes should be sweeping the whole area around the car before and during the turn, not fixed straight ahead. Once you begin the turn, the handbook says to follow through rather than change your mind midway.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Increase your speed. — Nothing in the handbook tells you to speed up for a turn; it says to be sure there is enough space in the lane you are moving into and to stay aware of what is around you.
- C. Always move to the left lane. — The handbook says to stay in one lane as much as possible and not weave in and out of traffic, so a turn is not a reason to move into the left lane.
Remember it
Mirrors, shoulder, blind spots — sweep the whole area first, then commit and follow the turn through.