If you reach an intersection where you wish to turn but you are not in the proper lane, you should:
- Quickly cut across traffic to make your turn.
- Turn on your blinker and make the turn from your current lane.
- Drive to the next intersection and make your turn then. ✓
- Safely change lanes then put your vehicle in reverse to go back to the intersection.
Answer: C. Drive to the next intersection and make your turn then.
If you are not in the proper lane when you reach an intersection, drive to the next intersection and make your turn from the correct lane there.
Why this is the answer
The handbook is direct on this: stay in the proper lane during your turn, finish in the proper lane, and never make last minute turns. When you arrive at an intersection and realize you are not in the right lane, the instruction is to continue to the next intersection and turn from the proper lane. Cutting over at the last moment is exactly the kind of last minute turn the handbook warns against.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Quickly cut across traffic to make your turn. — Cutting across traffic at the last moment is a last minute turn, which the handbook says never to make.
- B. Turn on your blinker and make the turn from your current lane. — Signaling does not make your current lane the proper lane, and the handbook requires you to turn from the proper lane, not simply from wherever you are.
- D. Safely change lanes then put your vehicle in reverse to go back to the intersection. — The handbook never suggests changing lanes and then backing up to return to an intersection; the stated remedy is to go on to the next intersection.
Remember it
Missed your lane? Treat the turn as gone and take the next one — no last minute moves.