You are turning left from a one-way street onto a two-way street. When no signs or pavement markings direct otherwise, from which position should you make the turn?
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A.
Wherever oncoming traffic gives you a gap
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B.
From the left lane of the one-way street Correct
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C.
From the center of the roadway
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D.
From the far right side of the one-way
The answer is "From the left lane of the one-way street"
The manual assigns this turn from the left lane of the one-way into the right lane of the two-way, moving in the same direction. Choice D tempts drivers whose right-turn practice always starts at the right edge of the road; that habit sends them to the wrong side of the one-way when the turn is a left.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Wherever oncoming traffic gives you a gap
A one-way source street has no oncoming direction to yield to, and the manual still assigns a specific starting lane for this turn. This answer carries the wait-for-a-gap habit from left turns off a two-way street, without recognizing that a one-way source removes the oncoming direction the wait exists for.
C. From the center of the roadway
The manual does not name the center of the roadway as the starting position for this turn; the section assigns the left lane of the one-way instead. This answer carries the center-lane starting position from the standard two-way-to-two-way left-turn instruction and applies it after the source street changes to a one-way.
D. From the far right side of the one-way
The far right is the position the manual assigns for a right turn, not a left; a left turn on a one-way starts from the left lane. This answer reads 'keep as close as possible to the right edge of the road' as a universal turning rule rather than the right-turn-specific instruction the manual gives it as.
This question tests your knowledge of Turning in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Making a Left Turn From a One-Way Onto a Two-Way Street," p.40..
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