[TITLE: HOW TO TURN LEFT AND THEN RIGHT ACROSS SEVERAL LANES OF TRAFFIC]
Hi there smart drivers, Rick with Smart Drive Test talking to
you about turning left and then
immediately turning right but having
to merge across several lanes of traffic
in order to get over to the right side.
I had several comments from smart drivers
and JM specifically who wanted me to
make a video on this topic and show you
how to do that -
make a left hand turn, and then merge across
several lanes of traffic because you
have a right hand turn coming up
immediately.
So we're in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada and we have the
perfect left-hand turn for you. There's
no advanced green at this left-hand
intersection and then you have to merge
across three lanes of traffic to get
over to the right side, and
we're going to show you how to do that.
And the key to doing that is
communicating with other traffic via your
signal. And it's amazing when I tell
students all the time that your signal is to tell
other traffic that you wish to move over, NOT
that's your are moving over. And when you
communicate effectively with other
traffic it's kind of amazing that they
sort of help you out a little bit. So
we're going to show you how to do that,
and effectively communicate with other
traffic so that you can immediately get
over to that right side so you can
successfully make your right hand turn.
Now I too had this question when I first
took my driving instructors course. The
driving instructor asked me if I knew
how to do that and I said no I didn't
know how to do that - I told him point
blank that I didn't know how to do it,
and I wanted to show me how to do that.
So I'm going to give you that
information and show you how to do it
safely, and show you how to communicate with
the other traffic, and show you how to do that
effectively. So stick around, we'll be
right back with that information.
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Hi there smart drivers welcome back, Rick with
Smart Drive Test talking to you today
about how to make a left hand turn and
then immediately make a right hand turn,
but you have to merge across two or
three lanes of traffic. We have the
perfect light here the perfect
intersection because we're going to turn
left there is no advance green at this
intersection and then we have to merge
across three lanes of traffic. Now what
we're going to do is we get up to the
intersection here we're going to go on
the gap, and at the apex of the turn
we're going to switch our right signal
on. We have a huge gap here and actually
we got caught out and we're stuck in the
intersection. Shoulder check...it's yellow
and we're going to clear the
intersection. You immediately put your right
signal on and leave your signal on and merge
to the right. The vehicle behind me is also
merging to the right and I see the
vehicle in front of me. And that vehicle
behind me just stayed back because I had
my signal on the whole time. And I put my
signal on right here to merge... to turn
right into this laneway, and we turn into
the laneway. And the vehicle behind us was
tailgating us a bit, but we were able to
merge over to the right because we had
our signal on, and that other driver knew
that we were moving over. So we
communicated effectively with that
driver and that driver helped us out by
staying back and allowing us to merge
over to the right.
Turning left at the
complex intersection without an advanced
green and this is the second attempt at
this turn, so we can show you how to do this
again and there's a fairly long line of cars
in front of me at the intersection here.
You can see in the dashcam, you simply
move up -
keep and the space between you and the
vehicle in front of you so you can see
the tires making clear contact with the
pavement. There's a fairly big gap here...
actually there's a huge gap here. So
we're all going. There's still a gap and
proceeding straight out into the
intersection. And looking where I want to go.
No pedestrians, and right there I put my right
signal on, and keep my signal on. And I start
accelerating. I move across to the right
hand lane and I will cross again
and actually what we're going to try and
do the next time we come around, there's a
laneway actually back there. We're going
to try and hit that laneway. And that
will give you a shorter distance...a shorter time that you have to merge
across three lanes of traffic to
get across to that right-hand turn. So
that's what we're gonna do - we're gonna
try and get into that earlier lane so
we're going to do this one more time for
you and make the left-hand turn and then
make the immediate right hand turn after
we get across the three lanes of traffic.
Because there's a fair bit of gap
between this laneway that I'm currently
using--there's about a block--whereas the
other was going about half a block and
that might answer your question better
about actually getting in there. So we'll
go around the block again and we'll do
it again for you.
Turning left at the complex intersection
and merging right immediately take 3.
This is the third attempt at this and
perhaps we can have something a little
more complicated this time for you.
And again we stopped--as you can see in
the dash cam here--so we can see the
tires of the Volkswagen in front of us
making clear contact with the pavement.
We've got a signal on, both hands on the
steering wheel. We're watching the
traffic behind us in the centre mirror. The
vehicle came up and stopped so we didn't
have to move forward. That's why we
stopped back so we can see the tires
making clear contact with the pavement, because
we watch the vehicles coming up behind
us and it's a defensive driving move.
If that vehicle isn't going to stop and we can
move forward or we can drive out around
that vehicle without having to backup.
And oftentimes that can prevent you from
getting rear-ended if you see that
car not stopping. So again we have a big
gap - cars are going slowly. We're trying to
look out past the oncoming lane. That's
why they're slowing down here
and we have a huge gap here. And again
at the apex of the turn we put our right signal
on and shoulder check. We're moving over, shoulder
checking, shoulder checking, and we move
into the lane and actually that went
fairly swimmingly because there wasn't
any traffic. But with your signal on and
you're slowing down and maintaining your
speed appropriate to being able to get
over to that right hand side. That's
another thing is that you have to
observe and have space management so
that you can move over to the right. But
most importantly you have to communicate;
so at the halfway point of making your
left-hand turn is when you put your
right hand signal on and then you
shoulder check, and shoulder check
effectively and start moving over to the
right. And leave your signal on the whole
time that you're moving across to the
right hand side. Quick review of turning
left and then immediately turning right
so you get in the turning lane if there
is a turning lane. Put your left hand
signal on at the apex of the turn. And
when you're halfway around--making your
left hand turn--after you determine that
there's a safe gap and then you can go.
You need to put your right hand signal
on at the apex of the turn. That way
traffic behind you knows that you're
going to be moving over to the
right-hand side of the roadway. And
shoulder check--you probably need to
shoulder check twice to the right to
ensure that there
isn't traffic over there that you need
to watch out for or to adjust your speed
in order to either get in front of them
or get behind them. Because there may be
right hand turning vehicles coming in on
that inside lane or in the middle lane
because a lot of people don't go into
the inside lane when they're making a
left-hand turn. They're going to go into
that middle lane... they're going to cut
out. So you put your right-hand signal on...
communicate to them and then shoulder
check and observe effectively. That way
they're going to wait for you because
you've got your signal on--you've asked
them nicely that you're going to move
over to the rightd then depending on
how far the lane is that you're trying
to turn right into or the roadway from
the left-hand turn you'll need to adjust
your speed accordingly so you can get
over and make that right hand turn. But
leave your signal on the entire time
that you're merging across either one
lane or two lane.
Bo not turn it on and then turn it off
as you move across the lanes, just leave
it on the entire time because the
flashing light is going to get the
attention of other road users. And if all
working out well, which most of the time
it's going to, other drivers are going to adjust
their speed and they're going to help
you out and they're going to make a gap
for you to get over to the right-hand
side of the roadway. Those of you on the
left-hand side of the roadway in
Australia the UK,
yes you're going to move over the
left-hand side of the roadway and other
road users will help you out. Question for my smart drivers:
do you have any tips for new drivers
learning how to turn left and then
immediately get over to the right hand
side of the road?
Leave a comment down in the comment
section there - all that helps out the
new drivers learning how to drive and
working towards getting their license. I'm
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