- Learning to drive and preparing
for a road test isn't hard.
It's just 4,227 simple things,
often in sequential order.
Today, we're going to show you how
to do right-hand turns correctly
for both passing a driver's test
and being a safer, smarter driver.
Stick around.
We'll be right back with that information.
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Rick with Smart Drive Test talking to today
about right-hand turns
for the purposes of passing a driver's test.
First of all, if you're not comfortable
with the steering wheel
and how much you need to turn the steering wheel
for turns, left and right, go to the parking lot,
do your slow speed maneuvers, and work on that.
It will teach you mastery of the primary controls,
which is the steering wheel, the throttle, and the brake,
and how much you need to turn the steering wheel,
how much you need to apply the brake and the throttle
for doing this.
I can't emphasize that enough if you're just getting
in the vehicle and just getting going.
We're going to do our first turn
into an uncontrolled intersection.
And you don't have to come to a stop
for an uncontrolled intersection.
You simply need to slow the vehicle,
eight to 10 miles an hour or 12 to 15 kilometers an hour.
Mirror, signal, shoulder check
approximately half a block before the turn.
Get your gear if you're in a manual transmission.
If you're in an automatic, you're fine.
Scan the intersection, mirror, signal, shoulder check,
and proceed around the corner.
And you can let the steering wheel slide
through your hands
to bring it back.
And then you just correct a little bit
and then put both hands back on the steering wheel.
But you've got to keep your car,
your palms in contact with the steering wheel.
So, steps for the turn,
locate the turn, scan the intersection.
Is the turn legal?
In most cases, it is going to be legal
if it's a right-hand turn.
Position the vehicle to the right as far as possible.
Note any bicycle lanes,
whether the road markings are solid or dashed,
or whether you can move into the bicycle lane.
If it's solid, you can't.
All right, so mirror, signal, shoulder, check
approximately half a block between, before the turn.
Positioning the vehicle, it's a two-way stop sign.
Okay, positioning the vehicle to the right
as close to the snowbank.
It's not stopping behind the stop line.
Scanning, moving forward so I can see the intersection.
No other road users, scanning the intersection,
and we're proceeding.
Correcting the steering wheel,
looking in the direction we want to go, and accelerate.
The other thing you can do to help you out is
to put a piece of tape at the top of your steering wheel
so that you can keep track of the steering wheel
at a glance.
It's a really great tool for new drivers
who are learning how to drive
to keep track of the steering wheel.
Right turn at a two-way intersection,
major road over minor road,
and it's offset.
So, it's straight through overturning traffic,
right-turning traffic over left-turning traffic.
So, we stop behind the stop line, creep forward.
No pedestrians, there's a vehicle coming,
and we can proceed after the, after the vehicle.
And shoulder-checking immediately before.
Looking where we want the vehicle to go,
let the steering wheel correct,
both hands on the steering wheel,
looking the way we want to go, and proceed.
The piece of the car that holds the windshield up
and is the door, on the passenger side,
that's the A pillar.
When that piece of the car is in line
with the curb on the cross street,
that's when you start turning the vehicle.
Going to come out here, it's in line.
Now I turn the vehicle
and I look in the direction that I want to go.
Remember, the vehicle will go where you're looking.
Okay, right turn at a four-way stop.
Mirror, signal, shoulder check.
Stopping behind the stop line,
'cause the vehicle in front of me has proceeded.
There's a bicycle lane there with a solid line.
And we move forward and we proceed,
shoulder-checking before we proceed,
turning the steering wheel,
keep palms in contact with the steering wheel,
correct it a little bit.
Look in the direction you want to go and accelerate.
Mirror, signal, shoulder check, four-way stop,
locating the intersection.
First, first vehicle to arrive,
or the vehicle on your right if you're unsure.
Stopping completely at the stop line,
scanning the intersection, mirror, signal, shoulder check,
scanning, and we proceed.
And that other vehicle was going straight through,
so we weren't interfering with them
when we were turning right.
If you're learning how to drive, and beginning to drive,
and learning how to do your right-hand turns,
do them in a residential area.
Because you can see, there's a lot going on
in a very short period of time, within a half a block.
The other technique that you can employ
when you first get started and first try doing this,
because there's a lot going on with the mirror, signal,
shoulder check, scanning intersections,
locating intersections.
What kind of intersection is it?
Controlled, uncontrolled, traffic light, slip lanes,
those types of things, start back farther.
So instead of about a half a block, start back at a block.
And as you get more competent with all the steps involved
with your right-hand turn,
reduce that distance from the intersection
when you begin to initiate your right-hand turn.
Because otherwise when you're brand new,
and you're starting, and you're at half a block,
there's just too much going on for you
to get it all done in that short space of time.
Two-way stop, locating the intersection,
mirror, signal, shoulder check,
moving the vehicle to the right,
just right, left of the snowbank,
and stopping behind the stop line.
There's a pedestrian, there's a car coming, turning.
I have the right of way
'cause I am turning right at a two-way intersection.
The person behind me, on the other side, is turning left.
The other vehicle is turning,
so I'm going to proceed.
And that was a little challenging
because there was a railway crossing right after it
and you had to scan the railway crossing.
All right, turning right here with the,
with the turning lane.
You want to get in the turning lane as soon as possible.
Mirror, signal, shoulder check,
not getting into the snowbank,
stopping behind the stop line.
And we can turn right on a red light,
so long as we stop at the correct position,
give way to all other road users.
Those vehicles are turning and we proceed.
One more stipulation on turning right on a red light,
make sure that there aren't any signs
that prohibit you making a right-hand turn on a red light.
If you're on a driver's test
and you're not comfortable making a right turn
on a red light, you can wait for the green.
You don't have to go.
- [Sound Bite] What?
- Yes, that's what I said.
You can wait for the green.
Trust me.
Examiners told me to go right at the next intersection.
I got my signal on to lane change, mirror, signal,
shoulder check, dotted line, I'm good.
Signal off, scanning the intersection.
It's a complex intersection.
I have right slip lanes, half a block,
mirror, signal, shoulder check, scanning the intersection.
And I can see the object marker sign.
I stop before the crosswalk.
There's a woman, but I can move out in front.
The pedestrian is good.
And I can proceed in shoulder checking.
And I don't have to do much manipulation
on the steering wheel
because it was a nice, gentle turn there.
Okay, mirror, signal, shoulder check,
no slip lane here at the complex intersection.
I have a bike lane, solid line.
Scanning, checking, nobody, and we're good.
And on that solid line, do not cross over that.
That's demerits on your driver's test, okay?
For some of the states, they will have dotted lines
for the bicycle lane and you can move into that.
But ensure that you check and double check
that there are no cyclists in that lane,
or pedestrians, or other road users on what,
skateboards and those types of things.
Uncontrolled intersection, I have lots of pedestrians here.
Bike lane, do not cross into the bike lane.
Once the pedestrians are halfway in the next lane,
I can proceed.
Mirror, signal, shoulder check, or shoulder-checking.
The signal's already on.
And correcting, and we proceed.
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