Where does the manual tell you to position your vehicle before making a right turn?
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A.
Get as far to the right as possible. Correct
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B.
Stay near the center of the lane.
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C.
Swing slightly left to set up a wider arc.
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D.
Slow to a full stop before turning the wheel.
The answer is "Get as far to the right as possible."
For a right turn, the manual directs you as far to the right as possible and warns against wide, sweeping arcs. Drivers who have watched a tractor-trailer swing left before making a right turn (the truck cannot fit the tight arc otherwise) imagine the same setup helps in a car, which is what pulls them toward option C.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Stay near the center of the lane.
The manual moves the vehicle to the far right for the turn, not to the middle of the lane. This answer carries the everyday lane-position habit into the turn itself, missing that the manual tightens the position specifically for turning.
C. Swing slightly left to set up a wider arc.
Cars do not need to swing left before a right turn; the manual asks for a tight arc. This answer copies a tractor-trailer's setup (the trailer must swing left to clear the corner) into a passenger vehicle that has no such clearance problem.
D. Slow to a full stop before turning the wheel.
The manual has you reduce speed for a right turn, not come to a full stop. This answer reads the reduce-speed tip as if it demanded a full stop, likely carrying over a habit built at stop-controlled intersections.
This question tests your knowledge of Turning in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Chapter 5 – Turns – Right Turn," p.36..
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