Hi there smart drivers. Have you ever had this happen to you? See that! There's a
perfect example. Yes! Being cut off on a multi-lane turn or having other vehicles
deviate out of their lane. That's what we're going to talk about today. How to do
multi-lane turn safely ,and for the purposes of passing a road test. 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 do multi-lane turns, both for passing a road test and to
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that way you'll get instant notification when I get the videos up for you. So I'm
going hook up the cameras here and go for a drive and show you how to do multi-lane
turns, both for passing a road test and staying safe. We're approaching a multi-lane
left-hand turn. We make the right here. We have our own lane. We get around the
corner. So we just proceed into our own lane making sure that there aren't other
vehicles moving over into our lane, like the one that's straddling the lane in
front of us. Left signal on, shoulder checking, and I can see the overhead signs
indicating lane designation. And I'm moving into the outside lane because
that way on the left-hand turn when I get around the corner I'm going to be in
the right-hand lane. And therefore I don't have to change lanes around the
corner. Remember to keep two hands on the
steering wheel. Keep your signal. Position your vehicle so you can see the tires of the vehicle
in front of you making clear contact with the pavement. Both hands on the
steering wheel. This is actually a fairly simple intersection because there are
lane markings. And you can see the lane markings all the way through the
intersection. As well you want to use the traffic on the inside here as a guide
of where you're going to go through the intersection. You can also see the gravel
and the tracks through the intersection. So have a look at that as you're moving
through the intersection. Now just keep in mind, this white car in front of us
was the car that was straddling lanes and the driver wasn't really sure where they're going,
so I'm going to keep my distance from this white car in front of me knowing
that information about that white car in front of me. So we're just waiting. This
is a fairly long light because it's a big intersection. [TRANSITION] And we're proceeding
through the intersection. You can see the line on the left there and we head
through the intersection nice and slow, keeping the traffic out to the outside.
And we can see the 50kph (30mph) sign. And we're gonna stay at 50
kilometers an hour (30mph). And we can also see the big trucks up ahead here on the hill
climbing the hill. And we can see that the flat deck is going fairly slow here
so I'm not going to get too quick here. Also you can see the Jeep is doing
something weird here and the pickup truck is right up on the back of the
Jeep. So I'm just want to stay away from that because maybe the Jeep's lost.
Two turning lanes to the left here. And changing lanes over to the lane that I need to
get into to get into the turning lanes. This time I'm going to take the outside
turning lane and this is what you want to do for the purposes of your road test
is get in the outside turning lane when you're turning left. That way when you
get around the corner you're going to be in the right-hand lane. And that's the
lane that you want to travel in for the purposes of a road test. It's also a good
defensive move because any time that you don't have to change lanes is obviously
safer than changing lanes and risking that transition. So we come up, stop at
the stop line. And obviously it's going to take a little bit. Now here I want to aim
for the outside. So you can see in dashcam there, you can see the gravel on
the road. You want to stay near that gravel on the right-hand side of the
vehicle. As well, there's a a sewer cover over on the other side
there. I want to aim for that sewer cover. So you can see the tracks in the
intersection where the vehicles travel. And you want to stay away from the
vehicle on my left here. And essentially, that's one of your markers for the
purposes of doing a left-hand turn. So we're going here and we're driving
straight into the intersection and then turning and we're lining up with
our... see that! There's a perfect example. That person just cut the lane right off
in front of me. And had I not stayed out, that person would have taken my front
end off. So that was excellent. [CHUCKLING] That couldn't have been better ever!
And that's the reason why you should shoulder check and stay out to
the to the right when you're doing those turns. That was... that was absolutely
perfect. So we're approaching an intersection. It's a T-intersection that
has two right-hand turning lanes. And I'm going to move over to the left lane here
because there's signs indicating that large vehicles, trucks, buses and RV units
need to be in the left-hand lane to turn right at this intersection. Because if
you're not in the correct lane at this intersection and you're driving a larger
vehicle what's going to happen is you're going to get shoved up against a fixed
object and you're not going to get around the corner successfully or
you're going to run into other vehicles. So that's the reason that buses and
trucks and large vehicles are prohibited from being in the right-hand lane at
this intersection. You can see the road markings: they're clearly marked here. You
can see the solid white lines which means that you're not allowed to change
lanes at the intersection. As well, you can see the signs here at the
intersection prohibiting right-hand turns on a red light. And you can see the
lane designation signs showing which lanes go around. And also, there's a
left-hand turning lane here. Because as I said it's a T-intersection. So we just
proceed and we stay right out to the left.
Use the left lane markings as our guide to go around the corner. We shoulder
check and make sure that nobody's coming into our lane. And then we simply move
back over to the right. Because we're going travel in the right hand lane now.
And again, there's two left turning lanes here. We're going to take the inside one on this one.
We're on the inside this time.
And we're coming up. And again, we can just see the lines here. A lot of the
lines have disappeared here owing the fact that it's springtime. In the winter
the dirt and gravel and whatnot wears the lines out. They're getting
around to repainting them. Again as you're sitting here waiting for the
light to change, we're looking over there to see where our destination is. We want
the front left corner of the vehicle to just go on the inside of that concrete
median over there. So we're watching the light. It's ready to change here. And vehicles
are stopped. And we go. And there's no vehicles here. You can see that I
shoulder checked. And again we just stay to the inside here. And we follow... still
steering the vehicle. The vehicle's straight and we get it going. And we get
up to speed and we travel in the right hand lane. Shoulder check again before we
enter the other lane. Signal on the entire time
that you're changing lanes. Cancel your signal and proceed. [TRANSITION] So you can see the
solid white lines here. This means you need to get into the turning lane as
soon as it starts back there. And you can't change lanes. You can't deviate once
you get into the lane. Once you get into the lane, you're committed. Okay and we're
in the outside lane here. You can see the roadway's got lots of ruts. That's because
there's big trucks that make the turn here. And then we just wait again. And
here you can follow the other traffic. You can use the other traffic as a guide
of where to travel through the intersection. But here you want to travel
out... probably to the middle lane here because there's another lane here and
there's three lanes of traffic over there. But I'll know better once I get
into the intersection, where I want to go on the other side. But I know also that I can
use this traffic on my left as a guide. And as long as I maintain that sort of
four to five feet away from that traffic then I'm gonna be okay going through the
intersection. Ready to go. And we're watching the other traffic. Actually
this one's got a line, so it's very easy on this one. You just stay right
of the line and just follow it around nice and easy. Looking down the
road and then watching those vehicles to your left. And
exactly what that other vehicle did and that other lane change making sure
they're not coming across and again you always want to drive into spaces between the vehicles.
Especially when they don't shoulder check, like that. So know that
driver's are going start moving and then they're going to look. So driving in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada is
is a bit more challenging than [LAUGHING] in Vernon. And some of you are going like this because it's a
lot busier for you and this is going to give you better indication of how to
deal with other drivers who are driving goofy. [TRANSITION] One more turning lane. Turning to
the left and we're going to get in the outside lane. And we're at the back of
the queue. And you see the arrows on the roadway. There aren't any overhead signs here. And again
we're going to use the traffic on our left as an indicator of where we stay in
our lane. You can see the green arrow up there has gone to green. And we're ready
to go. And we're following the traffic. We're following the traffic. We're
staying off here. And you can see the gravel in the centre of the intersection. That's your marker in the center.
And right into the center lane. And then we accelerate and proceed. And you can
see there in some of the turns today we had some challenges with other drivers
cutting us off, but we did all right. And that's how you make turns on
multi-lane roads and do it safely and do it for the purposes of a road test. I'm
Rick with Smart Drive Test. Thanks very much for watching. Good luck on your road
test. And remember, pick the best answer not necessarily the right answer. Have a
great day. Bye now. [TRANSITION] And I forgot to turn the defrost down yet again. Because it is
cold this morning and I'm wearing a T-shirt in the car to try and match the
shirt I was wearing when I filmed this several several months ago. So that's
what I'm doing. And so I forgot to turn the defrost down
and I've turned it off now and you can hear me... so