When turning left at an intersection:
- You should always yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians. ✓
- Oncoming traffic and pedestrians should yield to you.
- You should never yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians.
Answer: A. You should always yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians.
When you turn left at an intersection, you must yield to oncoming traffic and to pedestrians.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says that if opposite vehicles reach an intersection at about the same time, the driver turning left must yield to traffic going straight or turning right. Its example says you wait for approaching traffic to pass before you turn. It also says you must yield to pedestrians in crosswalks on your left or right before you turn. That makes yielding the rule for a left turn, not something the other traffic or pedestrians do for you.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Oncoming traffic and pedestrians should yield to you. — Expecting oncoming traffic and pedestrians to yield to you reverses the handbook rule; the left-turning driver waits for them.
- C. You should never yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians. — Refusing to yield to oncoming traffic or pedestrians conflicts with the handbook, which requires you to wait for approaching traffic and crosswalk pedestrians before turning.
Remember it
Think of a left turn as borrowing the oncoming lane: you wait until it is clear and let walkers cross first.