Turning — Georgia Permit Test

Turning on the Georgia permit test — 6 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

To make a right turn you signal, approach in the right lane as close as is practical to the curb or the edge of the road, and finish in the right lane of the street you turn into.

Swinging wide on a right turn takes you into the lane somebody else is already using.

Approach the intersection in the right lane, staying as close as practicable to the curb or edge of the roadway

Georgia Driver's Manual, p.52

Where the road you are on has a bicycle lane, you must yield to cyclists going straight through the intersection before you make a right turn across their lane.

The cyclist is on your right, going straight, and your turn crosses the line they are riding on.

If there is a bicycle lane on the road on which you are traveling, you must yield to bicyclists traveling straight through the intersection before making a right turn

Georgia Driver's Manual, p.52

To make a left turn you signal, then move into the far left lane of your direction, or into the turning lane where one is provided.

Starting a left turn from the wrong lane cuts across the path of the car that was beside you.

Move into the far left lane of the direction in which you are traveling, or into the turning lane if one is provided

Georgia Driver's Manual, p.53

Once you have entered an intersection to make a left turn you may not change lanes inside it.

The other drivers have already picked their paths through the intersection around where you were.

Once you have entered an intersection to make a left turn, you cannot change lanes in the intersection

Georgia Driver's Manual, p.53

You have to stop and stay stopped for anybody in the crosswalk of the road you are turning into, until they have cleared the lanes you will be driving on.

The walking signal on that street went green at the same moment your light did.

You must stop and remain stopped for any pedestrians in the crosswalk of the road you are turning onto until they have cleared the lanes of traffic that you are traveling on.

Georgia Driver's Manual, p.53

Georgia bans a U-turn on a curve or near the top of a hill where drivers coming from either direction cannot see you, and anywhere a sign forbids one.

A U-turn takes several seconds with you across the whole road, and a blind crest gives nobody those seconds.

Do not make a U-turn on a curve or near the top of a hill if you cannot be seen by other drivers approaching from either direction. Do not make a U-turn where signs prohibit doing so.

Georgia Driver's Manual, p.53

On the test

Where should you be as you approach a right turn?

In the right lane, close to the curb. Swinging wide on a right turn takes you into the lane somebody else is already using. Georgia Driver's Manual, p.52: “Approach the intersection in the right lane, staying as close as practicable to the curb or edge of the roadway”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Georgia Driver's Manual, published by the Georgia Department of Driver Services, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-18.