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You need to make a right turn at a corner where two streets with a single lane each way meet, and your truck is too long to clear the corner without a wide swing. Which figure shows the correct way to make the turn?

You need to make a right turn at a corner where two streets with a single lane each way meet, and your truck is too long to clear the corner without a wide swing. Which figure shows the correct way to make the turn?

Correct answer: Figure B.

Answer options

  1. AFigure A.
  2. BFigure B. Correct
  3. CFigure C.

Why

A vehicle that cannot turn right without swinging wide should go straight ahead into the intersection and swing wide only as it completes the turn, keeping its rear close to the curb so no one can slip by on the right. Swinging left before starting the turn is the mistake, because it leaves room for another driver to pass you on the right.

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