City driving — North Carolina Permit Test

In heavy city traffic, be alert for drivers who make quick stops, check your rear-view mirror often, and if you find you are in the wrong lane for a turn, continue to the next intersection and turn there.

A last-second lane change at the corner is how city crashes start. The next block costs a minute and nothing else.

If you intend to make a turn and find that you are not in the proper lane, continue to the next intersection and turn there.

Avoid driving side by side with another car, especially in its blind spot: if you cannot see the inside rear-view mirror of the car ahead, you are probably in the driver’s blind spot.

If you cannot see their mirror, they cannot see you in it. That driver may change lanes into you without ever knowing you were there.

Avoid driving side-by-side, especially in another driver’s blind spot — if you cannot see the inside rear-view mirror of the car ahead, you are probably in the driver’s blind spot;

Never weave in and out of traffic; stay in one lane if you can and plan lane changes ahead of time, signaling in advance.

Weaving gains a car length and costs every driver around you their ability to predict you. Predictable is what keeps you unhit.

Never “weave” in and out of traffic — stay in one lane if you can and plan lane changes ahead of time;

Watch for parked vehicles that may pull out and for pedestrians who may dart from between them; parked cars can also block your view of cross streets, driveways and alleys.

A row of parked cars is a wall you cannot see through. The driveway behind it is as hidden as the child between two bumpers.

Watch for parked vehicles that might be pulling out and pedestrians who might dart onto the street from between parked vehicles. Parked vehicles can also block your view of intersecting traffic, driveways and alleys; and

On a one-way street, use the center lanes for through travel and the outside lanes for turning.

Turns happen at the edges of a one-way street, from both sides. The middle is the lane nobody turns out of.

On a one-way street, use the center lane(s) for through-travel and the outside lanes for turning.

You realize you are in the wrong lane for your turn in city traffic. What does the handbook say to do?

Go on to the next intersection and turn there. A last-second lane change at the corner is how city crashes start. The next block costs a minute and nothing else. North Carolina Driver Handbook, p.63: “If you intend to make a turn and find that you are not in the proper lane, continue to the next intersection and turn there.”