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.
An important step in turning is to check traffic in all directions before you move.
Why this is the answer
The manual's turn procedure tells you to signal, then check carefully for traffic from all directions, look again, and only complete the turn when it is safe. A separate chapter on sharing the road adds that you should check your blind spots before you make a turn, and that you should not rely only on your mirrors but turn your head to look for bicyclists and others beside or approaching you. Both passages point the same way: looking around for other traffic comes before the turn itself, not after.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Increase your speed. — Nothing in the manual says to speed up for a turn; the parking and passing guidance describes moving slowly and reducing speed around others.
- C. Always move to the left lane. — There is no rule to always move to the left lane, and the manual's examples show turns and pull-outs that go in different directions, including pulling over to the right.
Remember it
Turn your head, not just your wheel: sweep your eyes in every direction before the turn begins.