Maryland Permit Test: Turning Practice Questions

Correct answer: Before you reach the turn

Plan your turn ahead and turn on your signal before reaching the turning point to let other drivers know your plans.

Source: Section 3: Basic Driving – G. Turning

Correct answer: Signal left, stop and yield, then turn into the right-hand lane

Check that U-turns are legal, signal left, stop and yield to oncoming traffic, then turn into the outside or right-hand lane of the opposite direction.

Source: Section 3: Basic Driving – H. U-turn

Correct answer: Let the bicyclist go first

Never make a right turn from a through lane immediately after passing a bike on a shoulder or in a bike lane; yield to bicycles going straight.

Source: Section 7: Sharing the Road – F. Bicycles

Correct answer: As far right as possible, after checking for bicycles

Before a right turn, check for bicycles on your right and in your blind spot, then move as far right as possible within the bike lane, shoulder, or right-turn lane.

Source: Section 7: Sharing the Road – F. Bicycles – Be Careful at Intersections, Bridges and Driveways (Maryland Driver's Manual DL-002, p. 41; the bullet is in the left column, above the G. Mopeds heading in the right column)

Correct answer: Wait behind it; don't squeeze in on its right

Trucks swing wide and often move left before a right turn; never cut in on their right side or you could be trapped between the truck and the curb.

Source: Section 7: Sharing the Road – C. Large Trucks and Buses

Correct answer: Yield to the pedestrian

You must yield to pedestrians when turning on a green signal, and also when turning on red where it is allowed.

Source: Section 7: Sharing the Road – A. Pedestrian Right-of-Way

Correct answer: Yield as you would to any vehicle going straight

Yield to bicycles like any other vehicle going straight, and do not turn left immediately in front of one.

Source: Section 7: Sharing the Road – F. Bicycles

Correct answer: They are going straight

Always assume a bicyclist is going straight through an intersection unless they signal a turn.

Source: Section 7: Sharing the Road – F. Bicycles