Turning left
A free practice question for the Virginia permit test, with the answer explained.
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Your light is green, with no arrow. You want to turn left, and an oncoming car is close and going straight. Who goes first?
The rule
When you turn without a green arrow, let oncoming vehicles and any pedestrians in the intersection go first.
Turning left without a green arrow, you must yield to oncoming vehicles and to pedestrians in the intersection. Wait for a safe gap.
From the Virginia Driver's Manual, section 2, page 6. 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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