Keep your wheels straight while waiting to turn left
A free practice question for the New York permit test, with the answer explained.
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While you wait to make a left turn, how should your front wheels point?
The rule
Keep your wheels pointed straight until you actually start your turn. If they're turned and a car hits you from behind, you could be pushed into oncoming traffic.
Keep your wheels straight until you start the turn. If a car hits you from behind while they're turned, you could be pushed into oncoming lanes.
From the New York State Driver's Manual, page 36. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
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