Hi there smart drivers Rick with Smart Drive
Test talking to you today about the
step-by-step procedure for doing a
right-hand turn for the purposes of a
road test. Just quickly, locate the turn -
is it legal? Slow the vehicle and position the
vehicle to the right; mirror, signal
shoulder check approximately half a
block from the turn. You're going to scan
the intersection for other vehicles and
road users, and fixed objects. Determine whether it's a
yield sign, stop sign, or a traffic light.
Once you slow the vehicle and you
determine that the way is clear - you've either
come to a stop or slowed the vehicle -
shoulder checked again - scan the
intersection; turn the corner and
look in the direction you want to go.
Recover the steering wheel,
look up and accelerate into the path of
travel. So what we're gonna do - we're
gonna hook up the cameras. We're going to go
for a drive and I'll show you how to do that
step-by-step. Stick around, we'll be right
back with that information.
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Mirror,
signal, shoulder check approximately
half a block from the turn. We're
moving to the right so nobody squeezes up
beside me. I'm stopping before the stop line. It's
a stop sign, and I'm going to creep
forward so I can see.
And I want to start turning the vehicle
when the cross street gets at the post
here on the right side of the vehicle.
Lots of shoulder checking.
OK, locating the turn - this one's a bit
tricky because there's an intersection
here and we're gonna wait till we get
through the intersection before we move
into the turning lane and merge. And we're
watching that vehicle in front. And again
we're positioning to the right. We've
got pedestrians in the crosswalk, so we're
going to stop before the crosswalk--
shoulder check--watching the cross
traffic because they have the
right-of-way. So we're going to pull in
behind this vehicle and then we're going
to proceed... recovering the steering wheel
and accelerating. And we're going to
right turn again.
Mirror, signal, shoulder check - coming up.
We've got a bicycle lane. We're positioning the vehicle to the
right. We're slowing to 10-20 kilometers
an hour (8-12 miles per hour) and
shoulder check before you cross the bike
lane. Stopping and making sure there's nobody
in the pedestrian crosswalk. Moving forward - we have
a yield sign so we don't have to come to a
complete stop. Checking all the traffic, turning the vehicle, and
recovering the steering wheel and accelerate into the path of travel.
Mirror, signal, shoulder check [MOVING THE VEHICLE FORWARD]
We stop at the STOP line, and then move up so I can see.
You can see the light is green and we're
going.
Turning right, moving into the right-turn
lane. You have a traffic light and the
way is clear.
Mirror, signal, shoulder check again.
And shoulder check immediately before turning right.
Right into your lane.
Quick review of right-hand turns. You
want to locate the turn - is it legal - can
you make the turn?
Mirror, signal, shoulder check half a
block before the turn. You want to slow
the vehicle and you want to position the
vehicle to the right of your lane as far
as possible. If there's a bicycle lane, do not
move into the bicycle lane because
there's a solid white line there and you
cannot cross over a solid white line. So
stay out of the bicycle lane. Slow the
vehicle to 10 to 15 kilometers an hour--
for those you in the United States, 8 to 12
miles an hour - 15 miles per hour on the
outside--so you have to slow the vehicle.
Determine what kind of intersection
you're up against, whether it's a stop
sign, a yield, or traffic light. In many
cases it's going to be a traffic light. If
there's a traffic light, there might be a
right-hand turning lane. Move up to the
intersection, and stop in the correct
position if you're facing a stop sign or
a red stoplight - before the stop
line. And as well scan the intersection,
make sure it's clear to go. When it is
clear to go, immediately before you turn,
right shoulder check again. Steer the
vehicle around the corner and as I
said you want to start turning the
vehicle to the right when the post on
the passenger side is in line with the
cross street - that's when you start to
turn the vehicle. Turn the vehicle around
the corner, look in the path of travel,
look up, and accelerate the vehicle with your
right foot and assume highway speed. Most
of the time in the city that's going to
be 50 kilometers an hour - for those of
you in the United States, it'll be 30 miles per
hour.
Those are the step-by-step procedures
for completing a right-hand turn.
Question from smart drivers: do you have
any tips and advice for new drivers
learning how to do right-hand turns?
Leave a comment down in the comment
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have a great day. Bye now.
[LAUGHING]
We're just going to keep moving out. This
guy in the green truck. That is not how
you proceed straight through an
intersection... just you know - push your way
out until other traffic....[LAUGHING]
stops and then goes.