right hand turning when there are two right turn lanes?

But I asked if the turn was tight. You are giving me the assumption you have an extra lane.

 

If it was a really tight double right turn( very rare) I'd most likely block both lanes. There will always be situations that require common sense as every turn is different. That's why computers don't drive these yet. A nice buttonhook will keep you from entering an active traffic lane a great majority of the time vs nearly every time from the inside lane.

ETA, on those tight double rights turning from the inside lane, assuming you're turning onto two 12' lanes, after going into the active lane, your still going to be up on the curb, guard rail, pole etc with a 70' long truck.

 

If its not busy and I have an opportunity to make the turn without stopping with no one behind me I will use both lanes but stay further in the right lane so no one can get by me. If there is lots of traffic I will use the right lane only for a right turn. If I have to make traffic back up on the other side of the intersection than so be it. I would never consider making a right turn from the left lane at a busy intersection, your asking for trouble. You can do everything shy of sending smoke signal and sky writing what your intentions are to people behind you and they will still try to sneak up on your right.

 

Please explain how if you are in the inside lane for a tight RH turn, how your trailer tires won't ride up on the sidewalk, where there are things like people and street signs (good way to fail the driving test; good way to score a preventable). Depending on available space, you may have to go into the oncoming lanes of the street you're turning onto, and people will just have to back up; so what? It happens all the time. It's not a big deal. You can't be dogmatic about this--there's no one-size-fits-all rule. Intersections vary and you have to do what you have to do to make your turn. Just go slowly and carefully. Sometimes you buttonhook because you have no choice. Sometimes you hog both lanes before you turn. Sometimes, no matter what you do an impatient idiot 4-wheeler will squeeze up on one side or the other, trying to get around you. Often, you won't have been at that intersection before, so you play it by ear. Your trailer will off-track no matter what you do.

Added: I see fortycalglock's #62 said essentially what I said and used less words. Cool.

 

as stated before. I am going to take as much space as I need. If I have to wait for traffic to clear to use the next lane so be it.

One thing I know for a fact. That curb ain't moving so all I have to do swing wide enough to clear it....and as long as that's the only thing between me and my trailer than some idiot 4 wheeler isn't going to try and squeeze in there.

 

I stay in the left lane, and stay as far left as I can, I go till I have to cut it right and then bring it around, it keeps the trailer more to the left and gives room for the cars turning in the right lane. The cars will cut the turn short if you're in the right lane and you have the possibility of hitting one with the front of the vehicle or them forcing you onto a curb or hitting something else.

 

I do the same thing. Some two lane turns are too tight to keep my trailer out of the inside lane, so I straddle both lanes to keep any cars out of the inside lane. In WI, there are some roundabouts that instruct truck drivers to straddle both lanes. Now I do it on any 2 lane turn that is too tight.

 

I don't make right hand turns. I just keep going and make left hand turns until I am in the direction I need to be going.

 

Hi BROKENSPROKET, don't even get me started on roundabouts. Whatever empty headed engineer that designed those things, clearly wasn't thinking about semi's with 53' trailers. I knew a guy entering a double lane roundabout, had to take both lanes, had his right signal on, ( one on the fender, one on the right step, one in the middle of the trailer, and one on the back of the trailer) and some 4 wheeler still tried to get around him on the right, and he clipped her. She claimed she never saw any signal on his truck.

 

[QUOTE="semi" retired;4449808]Hi BROKENSPROKET, don't even get me started on roundabouts. Whatever empty headed engineer that designed those things, clearly wasn't thinking about semi's with 53' trailers. I knew a guy entering a double lane roundabout, had to take both lanes, had his right signal on, ( one on the fender, one on the right step, one in the middle of the trailer, and one on the back of the trailer) and some 4 wheeler still tried to get around him on the right, and he clipped her. She claimed she never saw any signal on his truck.[/QUOTE]

Wanna talk about lights?

Many years ago, around the shipyard in my city, at early morning hours, when the garbage trucks are out? There was an 18 wheeler from out of state, going into the shipyard area, and his trailer and tractor had all sorts of lights, chicken lights, you name it lights. In the police report, which made the local newspaper, the cop said, ( i have to paraphrase it),

"truck was lit up like a Christmas tree"

some 4 wheeler,



can you guess this?



c'mon now, can you, huh, can you?




Yep, told the truck driver AND cop,


he NEVER saw the truck!


That was an accident, even if I will not remember the names, the exact street, the exact time, I will NEVER forget it took place.