What is the correct way to execute a right turn from a two-way street?

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What is the correct way to execute a right turn from a two-way street?

When you turn right from a two-way street, you want a move that is predictable and keeps you in the correct flow of traffic. Signaling lets others know your intent. Then stay in the rightmost lane on your side of the street, and begin the turn from the lane closest to the curb. That keeps you from drifting into lanes used by traffic going straight or turning left from the opposite direction. As you complete the turn, end in the appropriate lane on the street you enter—the lane that aligns with your intended path on that new street. Choosing to turn from the leftmost lane, or from the middle of the road, would place you in the wrong position for the turn and could collide with other vehicles. Not signaling or signaling late is unsafe and often illegal. So the safest, most correct approach is to signal, turn from the rightmost lane, and end in the proper lane of the street you enter.

When you turn right from a two-way street, you want a move that is predictable and keeps you in the correct flow of traffic. Signaling lets others know your intent. Then stay in the rightmost lane on your side of the street, and begin the turn from the lane closest to the curb. That keeps you from drifting into lanes used by traffic going straight or turning left from the opposite direction. As you complete the turn, end in the appropriate lane on the street you enter—the lane that aligns with your intended path on that new street.

Choosing to turn from the leftmost lane, or from the middle of the road, would place you in the wrong position for the turn and could collide with other vehicles. Not signaling or signaling late is unsafe and often illegal. So the safest, most correct approach is to signal, turn from the rightmost lane, and end in the proper lane of the street you enter.

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