When making a right turn from a highway with two lanes traveling in your direction, you may turn from:
- The lane closest to the center of the road.
- The lane nearest the curb or edge of the roadway. ✓
- Either lane, depending on oncoming traffic.
Answer: B. The lane nearest the curb or edge of the roadway.
Make the right turn from the lane nearest the curb or right edge of the roadway, and finish the turn in that same lane.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's right-turn instruction says to begin and end the turn in the lane closest to the right edge of the road, and it warns against swinging wide into another lane of traffic. The left-turn rule is the mirror image: you start from the lane closest to the middle. So with two lanes going your way, the right turn belongs to the curb lane, not the inside lane. Before you turn, watch for pedestrians, motorcycles, and bicycles between your car and the curb, since the handbook points that out for turns.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. The lane closest to the center of the road. — The lane closest to the middle of the road is where a left turn starts, so using it for a right turn does not match the handbook's right-turn rule.
- C. Either lane, depending on oncoming traffic. — The handbook gives a single lane for a right turn rather than a choice between lanes, and oncoming traffic does not decide which of your own lanes you turn from.
Remember it
Think of a right turn as hugging the curb the whole way: start there, stay there, finish there.