You are turning left from a one-way road onto another one-way road that has two lanes. Which lane must you turn into?
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A.
Aim for the center of the two lanes.
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B.
Move into the right lane instead.
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C.
Turn into the left lane. Correct
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D.
Use whichever lane is empty.
The answer is "Turn into the left lane."
When the two-lane one-way you enter is another one-way road, the law directs you into its left lane, not its right. Drivers who apply the everyday keep-right instinct (the one that governs almost every other lane choice) reach for option B, but the one-way-to-one-way rule tightens all the way to the left.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Aim for the center of the two lanes.
There is no straddling position here; the manual names a specific lane. This answer confuses the two-way-road rule about staying just right of center with the different rule for entering a one-way destination.
B. Move into the right lane instead.
The rule sends you into the left lane on a two-lane one-way, not the right. This answer reaches for the everyday keep-right instinct that governs almost every other lane choice on the road.
D. Use whichever lane is empty.
The lane you must enter is fixed by law and does not shift with traffic conditions. This answer treats lane choice as a matter of convenience, likely carried over from wide roads where either lane feels equivalent.
This question tests your knowledge of Turning in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Chapter 5 – Turns – Left Turn from One-Way Road into One-Way Road," p.36..
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