When completing a left turn, which lane should you enter?
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A.
Whichever lane has an opening
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B.
Lane closest to the intended direction Correct
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C.
Right-hand lane of the roadway
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D.
Far-left lane against the curb
The answer is "Lane closest to the intended direction"
A left turn ends in the lane closest to your intended direction, whatever that lane's position is on the roadway. The tempting wrong answer is the far-left lane, because drivers picture every left turn hugging the far curb even when the destination has multiple lanes going their way.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Whichever lane has an opening
The rule names the closest lane to your direction, not any open one. This answer reads lane choice on a turn as a driver's preference rather than a specific rule.
C. Right-hand lane of the roadway
That rule ends a right turn, not a left turn. This answer carries the right-turn completion rule across when both turn types were studied together.
D. Far-left lane against the curb
A left turn ends in the lane closest to your direction, which is not always the far-left lane. This answer pictures every left turn ending against the far curb rather than in the nearest matching lane.
This question tests your knowledge of Turning in Illinois. Source: Illinois Rules of the Road, "Left Turns," p.31..
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