Turnabouts — Kansas Permit Test

The safest way for a Kansas driver to change direction is to turn right and go around the block, which avoids most left turns across traffic.

Three right turns replace one dangerous left. It takes longer and crosses nothing.

The safest way to change direction is to turn right and go around the block. This avoids most left turns across traffic.

On the Kansas interstate system a driver who needs to turn around goes to the next exit, and it is illegal to cross the median strip or to use the crossover areas reserved for emergency vehicles.

The crossovers exist for ambulances. Using one puts a slow car across a fast lane.

It is illegal to cross the median strip or to use the crossover areas reserved for emergency vehicles.

The safest way for a Kansas driver to perform a two-point turnabout is to back the vehicle into the driveway, which allows them to see traffic better when leaving.

Backing out blind into a street is the dangerous half. Doing the blind part first, into the driveway, removes it.

The safest way to perform a two-point turnabout is to back the vehicle into the driveway. This allows you to see traffic better when leaving the driveway.

A Kansas two-point turnabout should only be used on a two-lane roadway.

On a wider road the maneuver blocks lanes you cannot see along. Two lanes is where it fits.

this type of turn should only be used on a two-lane roadway.

A Kansas three-point turnabout is the most difficult and dangerous way to perform a turnabout, and should be used only when the road is too narrow to make a U-turn and a driver cannot go around the block.

It leaves the car across both lanes at one point. That is why it is the last option, not the first.

This is the most difficult and dangerous way to perform a turnabout. Use it only when the road or street is too narrow to make a U-turn and you cannot go around the block.

A Kansas driver making a U-turn should move as far to the right as they can, wait for a large gap in traffic in both directions, then turn the wheel left sharply, and watch for other vehicles turning right into their intended path.

The gap has to be big because the turn is slow. Traffic turning in from the right is the one people forget.

Watch for other vehicles turning right into your intended path

What does Kansas call the safest way to change direction?

Turn right and go around the block. Three right turns replace one dangerous left. It takes longer and crosses nothing. Kansas Driving Handbook, p.47: “The safest way to change direction is to turn right and go around the block. This avoids most left turns across traffic.”