You should signal at least how many feet before you turn?
- 50
- 75
- 100 ✓
Answer: C. 100
You should signal at least 100 feet before you turn.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's signaling list says to signal at least 100 feet before a turn, and the left-turn directions repeat that you start signaling 100 feet before the turn. Signaling that early gives drivers behind you and anyone waiting at the intersection time to see what you plan to do. The handbook also says to signal even when you do not see other vehicles around you, so the distance applies all the time, not just in traffic.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. 50 — Fifty feet is shorter than the distance the handbook gives for signaling before a turn.
- B. 75 — Seventy-five feet is also short of the 100 feet the handbook states for turns.
Remember it
Match the number to the turn rule: start your blinker 100 feet out, the same figure the handbook gives for left turns.