Turning left
A free practice question for the South Carolina permit test, with the answer explained.
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You want to turn left at an intersection. An oncoming car is close and going straight. Who goes first?
The rule
When you turn left, yield to drivers coming the other way in the opposing lane, and to pedestrians and bicyclists still in the intersection.
When you turn left, yield to drivers coming the other way and to people still in the intersection. Wait for a safe gap.
From the SCDMV Driver's License Manual, page 6-2. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
Often mixed up with
People confuse these rules with this one. Each has its own practice question.
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