TTR has far reaching affects...

Some of you may remember a little innocuous post from some years back that spun viral right here on TTR. It was a question of which lane should truckers execute a right turn when encountering a double right turn situation. The thread responses reached epic proportion, garnering into the several thousands of responses and hundreds of pages. After the horse had been thoroughly beaten, the mods finally shut the thread down.

But I believe that massive thread had far reaching affects. Since the debut of the thread, I have seen several states define which lane truckers should be in for double right turns; they no longer want to leave it up to the 'pro' trucker to decide because, as we saw on the thread if you ask 10,000 truckers a question you will end up with 15,000 answers. Ok so check the pics below for the definitive proper lane to be in for your double right turns and finally put this debate for rest for good!

 

So they still trust truckers to know which lane to turn left in there?

 

The sign stating "TRUCKS" is rather vague.
ALL TRUCKS or BOX TRUCKS or EXCEPTIONS FOR OVERSIZE/OVERWIDE??
Typical State Sign.
Sometimes the Inside "Clearance" doesn't allow Clearance.
'Tween 00:01 and 05:00 should be "Choose Your Best Lane Option".
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For Double Left Turn Lanes, whether a car or CMV, I wood B In The Right Left Lane, not the Left Left Lane.

 

By default you would want to be in the left lane because otherwise you will be taking out curbs, signs, and stop lights. I guess they designed this intersection for trucks to be in the right lane.

I really appreciate the signage and wish they would do it more. Sometimes I dont recognize its a double turn lane until its too late and then I have to rely on drivers being courteous and letting me change lanes.

 

Your example only proves that's the appropriate lane for that particular turn. They're all different and most of us know it's usually the outside lane that's wide enough for us...but not always as your example shows.

 

A lot of times you don’t know that an intersection has double turn lanes until you get right up on it. They need to do a better job with signs further back so we can get in the outside lane. Right or left turns turning in the inside lane is a no no for me. This particular intersection shown is designed for trucks to turn in that lane. Most are not, you’d be swinging wide into the outer lane.

 

Is that even a legal regulatory sign? I don't see a white background on the lower part.

 

Schneider teaches students to use the right hand lane when two lanes turn right and keep going forward into the left lanes space when it's clear if needed to make the turn. They want you keep the traffic on your drivers side instead of the blind side. That or make a buttonhook and control both lanes.

 

I’d block both lanes……. But some say I have an attitude problem

 

Post #8 above explains why the right turn lane is the proper one.