Kentucky driving lesson · General Driving Maneuvers
Turning & turnabouts
A 3-minute lesson from the Kentucky course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
A good turn is planned: search the corners, signal early, get into the right lane position, and look through the turn to where you're going. A turnabout uses a driveway to reverse direction when you can't simply drive around the block.
When turning:
Search all corners for traffic controls, pedestrians and other vehicles, and signal
Enter and keep the lane position closest to the direction you want to go
Look through the turn to the farthest point possible along your path
Accelerate smoothly, make sure the signal cancels, and check traffic behind
Don't signal just because the driver ahead is signaling—only if you're turning too
If backing onto a two-lane road, don't center the vehicle in the road—stay right of the center line, or on your side if there's no center line. Master the turnabout before your skills test.
You're turning left from a two-lane street at a green light. Signal 100 feet before the intersection, move to the left-most part of your lane, yield to oncoming traffic, then look through the turn and finish in the correct lane.
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.
If you plan to turn at an intersection, you should signal how far before the turn?
100 feet
10 feet
25 feet
500 feet
Answer: 100 feet
The manual recommends signaling 100 feet before the turn at an intersection.