You will turn left from a one-way road onto a two-way road. From which lane should you approach the turn?
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A.
Any lane, since one-way roads have no center line.
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B.
Straddle the center of the one-way road.
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C.
The right-most lane, closest to the curb.
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D.
The left lane of the one-way road. Correct
The answer is "The left lane of the one-way road."
The manual has you approach a left turn from a one-way road in its left lane, whether the road you enter is one-way or two-way. Drivers who set up left turns from the middle of the road, a habit picked up on wide urban streets where signaling from the center feels safe, reach for option B, but the manual pins the approach to a specific lane, not a general position.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Any lane, since one-way roads have no center line.
The absence of a painted center line does not remove the requirement to be in a specific approach lane. This answer reads unmarked pavement as removing lane rules that are set by law, not by paint.
B. Straddle the center of the one-way road.
The manual pins the approach to the left lane, not to the middle of the roadway. This answer sets up the turn from the middle of the road, a habit picked up on wide urban streets where signaling from center feels safe.
C. The right-most lane, closest to the curb.
The right-most lane is the wrong approach; the manual names the left. This answer applies the general keep-right instinct that makes sense almost everywhere else on the road but not for staging a left turn.
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 Two-Way Road," p.36..
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