[TITLE: HOW TO TURN RIGHT AT COMPLEX INTERSECTIONS]
Hi there smart drivers, Rick with Smart Drive Test talking to you today about right
hand turning lanes or sometimes called slip lanes. As you can see in the image
here, sometimes you gotta watch for bicycle lanes. You got to know that most
of the time, these slip lanes have a yield sign. So you have to give the right of
way to other traffic onto the roadway on which you're turning. I'll show you some
footage today of how it's done incorrectly and then we'll explain the
procedure of how to do it correctly. Because on your road test
you never want your examiner to go [SUCKING IN THEIR BREATH] because once your examiner does
that, it's really tough to recover from that. You never really get that trust
back. So we're going to talk to you today about right-hand turns on slip lanes.
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Hi there smart drivers, welcome back. Rick with Smart Drive Test talking to you today about right-hand
turns at slip lanes or turning lanes. I went down to the intersection and spent
about 10 or 15 minutes taking some footage.
We're going to go to that footage now and show you how to properly do a right
hand turn at a turning lane. Here you can see the cars pulling up to the slip
lane and they have to cross the bicycle lane, so it's important that you signal,
mirror, and shoulder check as you're coming up to ensure there aren't any
bicycles in the bicycle lane. As well, there's a crosswalk in the slip lane and cars
either have to stop before or after. If there's room you can stop after the crosswalk to
ensure that pedestrians aren't blocked if you're sitting there waiting. And it's
a yield so if the way is clear you don't have to stop. When you come around the
corner
you stay in the right hand lane when you're making a right turn.
Do not deviate into the left-hand turn, especially during a road test.
You can see the two vehicles here, both of them are making the right hand turn
correctly and moving into the right-hand lane. On most turns you can see that
vehicles deviate into the left hand lane when they're making a right hand turn.
Many of them don't even signal and this is both dangerous and will cause you to
fail a road test because it's a dangerous action. And you can see the
pickup truck weave into the other lane and the white vehicle didn't even signal
when it moved over to the left hand lane. And the red car as well -
right into the left hand lane. About fifty percent of these vehicles - two out of the
four cars here - both move into the left hand lane without even signaling. The
pickup truck actually does the maneuver correctly: it moves into the right-hand
lane ,signals to the left, and then moves over into the left hand lane. As well
this car too does the same thing - turns into the right-hand lane, signals to the
left, and then moves to left lane, which is the correct procedure for moving from
one lane to the other immediately after turning right.
In conclusion, turning right on slip lanes. As you're coming up: if there's a
bicycle lane - signal, mirror, shoulder check.
Shoulder check as you're approaching and shoulder check again immediately before
making the turn. So every turn left or right has two shoulder checks: one as your
coming up and one immediately before the turn.
If there's a crosswalk, stop before the crosswalk or after the crosswalk. If
you're driving a car or light truck you can stop after the crosswalk;
if you are driving a larger vehicle - a bus or a semi truck -
you need to stop before the crosswalk to look to see when it's safe to turn or to
merge into oncoming traffic.
You also have to look for pedestrian traffic. If the way is clear, you don't
have to stop because it's a yield sign. And then finally, if there is traffic
turning from the left, but the right hand lane is clear, do not turn in beside
another vehicle. But rather turn in behind that vehicle because as you saw
in the footage
most of the vehicles - somewhere between 50 and 75 percent - of the vehicles that
turn left
will automatically drift over into that right hand lane. So it's a defensive move
that you move in &
straddle between the other vehicles that are turning left. Do not turn in beside
another one,
especially on a road test. Because if you do it on a road test, the poor ole' examiner
just goes [SHARP INTAKE OF BREATH]
and you never really get that trust back. Then they're really giving you the
really detailed look on your ability to drive. So it's a good defensive
move never pull in beside another vehicle when you're turning right when the
other vehicles turning left. Always pull in behind them. If you like what you
saw here head over to my website & get your road test checklist. Things that you
need to do to be prepared to take your road test. Skills that you need to
practice: slow speed maneuvers, stopping at the correct position at stop signs,
making sure that your shoulder check. Things that you need to do on road test
day when you go into the examination office. Things you should do the night
before and practicing and ensuring that you do a pre-trip inspection prior to
taking the vehicle to the examination office. Because they're going to do a
pre-trip inspection before you go out for your road test, and if it doesn't pass
the pre-trip inspection you won't be allowed to go up your road test. So make
sure that your vehicle is up to par in terms of the pre-trip inspection that
you need to do prior to the license test.
I'm Rick with Smart Drive Test. Thanks very much for watching. Remember, pick the
the best
answer, not necessarily the right answer. Have a great day. Bye now!
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