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Tennessee: Right-of-way, turning and passing — Left Turns Practice Test

Questions in this part include: “Before making a left turn, whom must you yield to?” · “You turn left from a one-way street onto a two-way street with several lanes. When may you move into the right lane?”

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Questions are original and based on the official manual "Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual" (March 2025 printing), Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security.

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  1. You are turning left on a green light without an arrow. What must you do?

    A car inside an intersection waiting to turn left, with its left turn signal on and an oncoming car approaching
    • Turn quickly before oncoming traffic arrives
    • Yield to oncoming vehicles
    • Turn first, because left turns have priority
    • Stop and wait for a green arrow to appear
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    Correct answer: Yield to oncoming vehicles

    A green light does not remove the right-of-way laws, so a left-turning driver yields to oncoming vehicles.

    Source: ⁨Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing)⁩, page 41 · Open this page in the manual

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  2. When you approach a left turn on a two-way street, where should the left side of your vehicle be?

    Top view of an intersection. The blue car, left signal blinking, is inside it facing up, with a gray car behind it in the same lane. A white car approaches from the opposite direction. The cross street has four lanes and no traffic.
    • As close to the center line as possible
    • About one lane width from the center line
    • Close to the right curb to leave room
    • Over the center line to see oncoming cars
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    Correct answer: As close to the center line as possible

    The manual says to approach a left turn with the left side of the vehicle as close to the center line as possible.

    Source: ⁨Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing)⁩, page 57 · Open this page in the manual

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  3. Before making a left turn, whom must you yield to?

    • Only vehicles coming from behind you
    • Oncoming cars and pedestrians
    • Only oncoming trucks and buses
    • No one, as long as you signaled
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    Correct answer: Oncoming cars and pedestrians

    You look for pedestrians and other traffic in your turn path and yield to any oncoming cars or pedestrians.

    Source: ⁨Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing)⁩, page 57 · Open this page in the manual

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  4. When you turn left onto a two-way street, which lane should you turn into?

    Top view of an intersection. The blue car, left signal blinking, is inside it facing up, with a gray car behind it in the same lane. A white car approaches from the opposite direction. The cross street has four lanes and no traffic.
    • The lane closest to the right curb
    • The lane farthest from the center line
    • Whichever lane has the least traffic
    • The first lane past the center line
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    Correct answer: The first lane past the center line

    You drive just right of the center line of the street you enter and turn into the first lane past the center line.

    Source: ⁨Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing)⁩, page 57 · Open this page in the manual

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  5. Why should you never turn “wide” into the right lane when making a left turn?

    Top view of an intersection. The blue car, left signal blinking, is inside it facing up, with a gray car behind it in the same lane. A white car approaches from the opposite direction. The cross street has four lanes and no traffic.
    • Oncoming vehicles turning right will use that lane
    • Drivers behind you cannot see your signal there
    • That lane is always reserved for buses
    • Pedestrians are not allowed to cross there
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    Correct answer: Oncoming vehicles turning right will use that lane

    The right lane is used by oncoming vehicles making a right turn, so turning wide into it causes a conflict.

    Source: ⁨Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing)⁩, page 57 · Open this page in the manual

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  6. An intersection has a lane signed or marked for making left turns. From which lane should you make your left turn?

    A blue car signaling left in a city street's left lane approaches the opening of a left-turn lane with a turn arrow, where one car waits at a red light.
    • From any lane, if you signal early
    • From the lane nearest the right curb
    • Only from the lane marked for left turns
    • From the lane with the fewest cars
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    Correct answer: Only from the lane marked for left turns

    When a lane is signed or marked for left turns, you must not make the turn from any other lane.

    Source: ⁨Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing)⁩, page 57 · Open this page in the manual

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  7. At an intersection with several lanes for turning, where should you keep your vehicle during the turn?

    At a red light, a blue car and a red car signal left side by side in the two left lanes of their approach, each lane under a white sign with a black curved left arrow and the word ONLY, beside a gray car in the right lane.
    • In the least crowded lane as you turn
    • In the lane you started from
    • In the outer lane once you cross the line
    • In the inside lane after the crosswalk
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    Correct answer: In the lane you started from

    If there are multiple lanes, you keep your vehicle in the lane you start from throughout the turn.

    Source: ⁨Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing)⁩, page 57 · Open this page in the manual

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  8. When you turn left from a two-way street onto a one-way street, which lane should you turn into?

    A blue car on a two-way street, signaling left at a STOP sign, faces a three-lane ONE WAY cross street flowing left, with a short dashed yellow arrow curving left
    • The first lane, closest to the left curb
    • The lane closest to the right curb
    • The center lane of the one-way street
    • The lane farthest from the left curb
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    Correct answer: The first lane, closest to the left curb

    Both lanes on the one-way street travel the same way, so you turn sharply into the first lane closest to the left curb.

    Source: ⁨Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing)⁩, page 57 · Open this page in the manual

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  9. When you turn left from a one-way street onto another one-way street, which lane should you approach in?

    Top view of an empty intersection of a three-lane street running up the page and a two-lane street running across, with dashed white lane lines and crosswalks. Black and white ONE WAY signs with a left arrow and an up arrow stand at two corners.
    • The lane closest to the right curb
    • The center lane of the street
    • The lane farthest to the left, by the left curb
    • Any lane, then merge left in the intersection
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    Correct answer: The lane farthest to the left, by the left curb

    You make the approach in the traffic lane furthest to the left curb and turn sharply into the first lane on the left.

    Source: ⁨Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing)⁩, page 57 · Open this page in the manual

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  10. When you turn left from a one-way street onto a two-way street, which lane should you turn into?

    A blue car in the left lane of a one-way street beside a ONE WAY sign, left turn signal on, a dashed arrow showing its planned left turn onto a two-way street with a car coming from each direction
    • The first lane right of the yellow line
    • The lane nearest the left curb
    • The lane farthest from the yellow line
    • The lane nearest the right curb
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    Correct answer: The first lane right of the yellow line

    You drive into the intersection and turn sharply into the first lane to the right of the yellow line on the two-way street.

    Source: ⁨Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing)⁩, page 57 · Open this page in the manual

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  11. You turn left from a one-way street onto a two-way street with several lanes. When may you move into the right lane?

    • Right away, before you have finished the turn itself
    • Only when no other vehicle is behind your own car
    • Only after signaling and checking traffic to your right
    • Only after you have passed the next intersection
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    Correct answer: Only after signaling and checking traffic to your right

    You may move to the right lane only after giving the proper signal and checking traffic to your right.

    Source: ⁨Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing)⁩, page 57 · Open this page in the manual

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  12. When may a vehicle in the second lane make the same turn as a vehicle in the first lane?

    • Whenever the first lane is badly crowded with cars
    • Only when a lane use control sign or marking permits it
    • Whenever its driver signals early enough to turn
    • Whenever no pedestrian is in the crosswalk ahead
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    Correct answer: Only when a lane use control sign or marking permits it

    A second-lane vehicle may make the same turn only when a lane use control sign or marking permits it.

    Source: ⁨Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing)⁩, page 58 · Open this page in the manual

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  13. While waiting for oncoming traffic to pass before turning left, what should you do with your wheels?

    A red car with amber lamps blinking on its left side stands at a white bar before a crossroads, with a green light on a pole at the far corner.
    • Turn them toward the direction of the turn
    • Turn them away from the direction of the turn
    • Keep them straight until you begin the turn
    • Keep them turned and the brake off
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    Correct answer: Keep them straight until you begin the turn

    If you are hit from behind with wheels turned, you could be pushed into oncoming traffic.

    Source: ⁨Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing)⁩, page 56 · Open this page in the manual

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  14. Two drivers meet at an intersection and both want to turn left. How do they turn?

    Two cars facing each other in an intersection, both with left turn signals on
    • Each turns to the right of the other
    • The driver on the right goes first, then the other
    • Both stop until one of them signals to go ahead
    • Each turns to the left of the other
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    Correct answer: Each turns to the left of the other

    The manual says that when both drivers turn left, each turns to the left of the other.

    Source: ⁨Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing)⁩, page 56 · Open this page in the manual

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  15. You are turning left and a bicyclist is entering the intersection from the opposite direction. What should you do?

    A red car and a bicyclist in an orange jersey approaching a four-way intersection from opposite directions, each in its own lane, with double yellow center lines
    • Turn quickly before the bicyclist reaches you
    • Wait for the bicyclist to pass before making the turn
    • Sound your horn and turn ahead of the bicyclist
    • Turn if the bicyclist is more than a car length away
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    Correct answer: Wait for the bicyclist to pass before making the turn

    The driver should wait for the oncoming bicyclist to pass before turning left.

    Source: ⁨Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing)⁩, page 105 · Open this page in the manual

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  16. Your vehicle is sharing the left turn lane with a bicyclist. What should you do?

    Top view of a street approaching an intersection. A left-turn lane beside the double yellow line has two white left-turn arrows painted in it. A bicyclist rides in the lane ahead, and the blue car, left signal blinking, is some distance behind.
    • Move up alongside the bicyclist so you turn together
    • Turn first, ahead of the bicyclist, using your signal
    • Pass the bicyclist inside the turn lane and turn
    • Stay behind the bicyclist until the turn is completed
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    Correct answer: Stay behind the bicyclist until the turn is completed

    When sharing a left turn lane with a bicyclist, a driver stays behind the rider until the rider has finished the turn.

    Source: ⁨Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing)⁩, page 105 · Open this page in the manual

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  17. What should you do before a left turn to share the road safely with motorcycles?

    Overhead view of an intersection: your blue car waits to turn left, and an oncoming motorcycle with its headlight on comes toward you with a white car in the next lane beside it.
    • Always signal your intention and watch for oncoming motorcycles
    • Signal only when you can see another vehicle behind you
    • Turn at once, because motorcycles can stop quickly
    • Watch only for oncoming cars and trucks
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    Correct answer: Always signal your intention and watch for oncoming motorcycles

    The manual says to signal every turn and watch for oncoming motorcycles when turning left.

    Source: ⁨Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (March 2025 printing)⁩, page 107 · Open this page in the manual

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