According to the manual's safety tip, when should you signal your intention to turn?
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A.
Only once your steering wheel starts to turn.
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B.
Before you begin to brake or make the turn, when possible. Correct
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C.
At the exact instant you press the brake.
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D.
Just after your brakes take hold.
The answer is "Before you begin to brake or make the turn, when possible."
The safety tip layers on top of the 100-foot rule: when possible, signal before you begin to brake or make the turn, so the drivers behind you see the reason for your slowing. Option C is the trap for drivers who pair the blinker with the brake pedal as one motion, timing the signal to the pedal press instead of a beat earlier.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Only once your steering wheel starts to turn.
The tip is meant to warn traffic well before the wheel moves, not at the moment it does. This answer ties the signal to the physical steering input, the last visible cue for the driver behind, instead of the earlier warning the tip prescribes.
C. At the exact instant you press the brake.
The tip moves the signal earlier than the brake, not simultaneously with it. This answer pairs the blinker with the brake pedal as one action, the timing drivers fall into when they treat signaling as part of the braking motion rather than a warning that precedes it.
D. Just after your brakes take hold.
The tip puts the signal before braking, not after brakes have already engaged. This answer uses the blinker to explain slowing that has already started, treating the signal as a confirmation of a maneuver in progress rather than an early warning of one to come.
This question tests your knowledge of Turning in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Chapter 5 – Turns," p.36..
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