You realize you are not in the proper lane for your turn and you are less than one-half block from the intersection. What does the Texas manual tell you to do?
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A.
Do not turn and continue straight ahead. Correct
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B.
Turn from your current lane using extra caution.
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C.
Stop and wait for a gap before changing lanes.
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D.
Signal, change lanes quickly, and complete the turn.
The answer is "Do not turn and continue straight ahead."
The manual gives a hard cutoff: if you cannot reach the proper lane within a half-block, do not turn and continue straight ahead. Choice D is the trap for a driver who treats the half-block window as a hint and defaults to their usual signal-and-change routine.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Turn from your current lane using extra caution.
Turns from an improper lane, which the manual specifically rules out. This answer substitutes personal caution for the specific lane placement the manual demands.
C. Stop and wait for a gap before changing lanes.
Adds a stop the manual does not call for and still ends in a turn the manual bans in this window. This answer confuses the general wait-for-a-safe-gap rule with the manual's abort-the-turn instruction.
D. Signal, change lanes quickly, and complete the turn.
Ignores the specific abort-the-turn instruction the manual gives inside the half-block window. This answer falls back on the everyday signal-and-change routine that only works outside the half-block cutoff.
This question tests your knowledge of Turning in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Turning (Seven Steps)," p.39..
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