Making turns — Minnesota Permit Test
Making turns on the Minnesota permit test — 6 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Move into the correct lane well ahead of where you will make the turn.
A driver who realizes late cuts across a lane somebody else is already in.
Move safely into the correct lane well ahead of the place where you will make the actual turn.
While waiting to turn, keep your wheels straight and your foot on the brake.
Wheels turned left mean a hit from behind pushes you into oncoming traffic instead of forward.
While waiting to turn, keep your wheels straight and your foot on the brake.
Do not make sudden turns from the wrong lane, and always finish the turn in the correct lane.
A turn that ends in the wrong lane arrives beside a car that had no reason to expect it.
Always finish your turn in the correct lane.
If the car ahead of you is signaling a left turn, slow down and prepare to stop.
A left-turning car can be stopped for a long time waiting for a gap, and you are behind it.
If the car ahead of you is signaling for a left turn, slow down and prepare to stop.
Waiting to turn left on a green light, position your car in the intersection with your body even with the curb line.
Waiting out in the intersection is what lets you complete the turn when the light changes.
position your car into the intersection where your body is even with the curb line
Watch for traffic or obstacles in the road you plan to enter before you turn into it.
The turn is not finished until you are in the new lane, and something may already be there.
Watch for traffic or obstacles in the road you plan to enter.
On the test
When should you move into the lane you will turn from?
Well ahead of the turn. A driver who realizes late cuts across a lane somebody else is already in. Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.28: “Move safely into the correct lane well ahead of the place where you will make the actual turn.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Minnesota Driver’s Manual, published by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-22.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MN.pdf (Minnesota Driver’s Manual, May 2025, Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Driver and Vehicle Services, retrieved 2026-09-14; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MN.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json, MN entry -- the folio offset of 3 and its basis, the folio marker, the extraction-flag score and the welded compounds it costs, and the record of where the exam shape comes from