A 3-minute lesson from the Alabama course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Many regulatory signs control your speed, which lane you use and which turns you may make. You can be ticketed for ignoring them just as for running a stop sign.
LEFT LANE MUST TURN LEFT
Know the rule
LEFT LANE MUST TURN LEFT: traffic in the left lane must turn left at the intersection ahead.
A sign showing both a speed limit and a MINIMUM gives the highest and lowest speeds allowed on that section. Minimum limits are usually posted on freeways and other controlled-access highways.
Right lane must turn right; the next lane may turn right or go straight
Know the rule
Double right turns are permitted only at intersections properly signed for them. Where there are no such signs, follow the normal rules for right turns.
You're in the right lane approaching an intersection signed for double right turns. You must turn right. The driver in the lane beside you may turn right or go straight, so watch that car through the turn.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
A sign reading “NO TURN ON RED” at a signalized intersection means what?
You may still turn right after a full stop
No right or left turns on red here
Left turns on red only from a one-way street
No turns on red during rush hour
Answer: No right or left turns on red here
Where this sign is posted, you may not make a right or left turn on red at that intersection.
