You have a green light and are stopped in the intersection waiting to turn left. What must you do before completing the turn?
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A.
Turn first, since your vehicle is already in the intersection.
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B.
Yield to any vehicle coming straight through from the other direction. Correct
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C.
Wait for an oncoming driver to wave you across the intersection.
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D.
Yield only to vehicles that also plan to turn left across you.
The answer is "Yield to any vehicle coming straight through from the other direction."
On a left turn the manual requires you to yield to any vehicle coming straight through from the other direction, regardless of how long your light has been green. Wrong answer A tempts a driver whose habit at busy left turns is to edge in and finish the turn on "I got here first," a claim the manual does not support.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Turn first, since your vehicle is already in the intersection.
Being partway into the intersection does not transfer the yield duty to the oncoming driver. This answer trades the yield rule for a habit picked up from stalled left turns, where sitting still feels like priority.
C. Wait for an oncoming driver to wave you across the intersection.
A wave from an oncoming driver does not transfer legal right-of-way. This answer reads courtesy waves as a legal transfer, since many left turns get finished that way.
D. Yield only to vehicles that also plan to turn left across you.
The yield duty covers all oncoming through traffic, not only other left-turners. This answer narrows the yield to fellow left-turners on the assumption that straight traffic will clear itself.
This question tests your knowledge of Right of Way in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Turning Left," p.20..
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