U-turns: 500 feet of view both ways
A free practice question for the New York permit test, with the answer explained.
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For a legal U-turn, other drivers must be able to see your car from how far away in each direction?
The rule
Don't make a U-turn near a hilltop, a curve or anywhere other drivers couldn't see your car from 500 feet away in either direction.
No U-turn near a hilltop, a curve or anywhere other drivers can't see you from 500 feet away, in either direction.
From the New York State Driver's Manual, page 37. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
Often mixed up with
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