dual right turn lanes, onto a 3 lane road

I'll chime in on this one. I too have researched this online and there are various opinions, but I have never heard of any law pertaining to this question. We all know what lane to be in when turning left. I have had this debate with many drivers concerning right hand turns when there are more than one lane turning right. I was taught and always believed that you use the further most right lane when turning right. I'm sure this thread and my opinion will create a ruckus among many drivers. I always cheat as far left as I can, but never leave enough room for a 4 wheeler to get smashed trying to get in on my right side. Every time I encounter this, I proceed very slowly..especially when there is traffic. It's a no win situation. I feel that I can control the left side better, than I can the trailer swing on the right. I have actually stopped in this situation and put my hand out the left side window to stop traffic that was trying to come around me. When choosing lanes, I was always taught and still follow "right lane turning left and right lane turning right". Okay...now let the comments commence. This is a very valid question, especially for a new driver.

 

Good choice, especially for a CDL road test. Don't worry about pissing off the other drivers. Just be safe. On a side note, I highly doubt your CDL tester will put you in that situation...but you never know. Good luck to you.

 

We have this situation getting off of 465 to post road in Indianapolis from one direction... my thought is this: I’ve been making this turn for years... the outside right hand turn lane is the correct lane for a truck to be in... there are 3 lanes to turn into, but the outside 3rd lane is actually an exit lane back onto 465; so I swing wide while carefully watching my trailer tandems and slowly keep my trailer in the middle lane which is the outside thru lane... I just carefully watch where the cars go and let them go around me if they don’t stay in their inside lane.....

 

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There is no right or wrong answer to your question. I can only tell you what I believe and the way I approach the situation. I have talked to a lot of old time drivers and they all tend to agree with me...never leave any room for a 4 wheeler to get mashed on your right side.

 

or left hand side in the case of this being a left hand turn....

 

I know of no law. And approach the problem a bit differently. There is no ruckus here.

One thing I do is take over both of those lanes just prior to the turn depending on where the tandem needs to clear that corner curb on the right turn. There will not be enough room for anyone to get by on the right ever. This eliminates pretty much anything possible before during and after that turn.

Whatever the tractor has to do to make it happen it will do. Once in a while I have had to take over the entire intersection by weight and sit when people wont move. The Law will come along soon enough and clear em out.