Left turn positions — North Dakota Permit Test
Left turn positions on the North Dakota permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
To turn left from a one-way road onto a two-way road, begin in the left turn lane.
Starting from the left side of a one-way road keeps you clear of traffic going straight beside you.
To turn left from a one-way road onto a two-way road, begin in the left turn lane and complete the turn as indicated in the picture.
To turn left from a one-way road onto another one-way road, begin from the left lane and turn close to the left curb.
On two one-way roads all traffic moves one way, so hugging the left curb keeps your turn out of the other lanes.
To turn left from a one-way to a one-way, begin the turn from the left lane.
When turning left from a two-way road onto a two-way road, begin as close to the centerline as possible.
Starting next to the centerline leaves room on your right for traffic going straight or turning right.
When turning left from a two-way road onto a two-way road, begin as close to the centerline as possible and complete the turn as indicated in the picture.
To turn left from a two-way road onto a one-way road, make the turn before reaching the center of the intersection and enter the left lane of the one-way road.
Entering the near lane keeps your path short and keeps you away from cars already using the far lanes.
Make the turn before reaching the center of the intersection, and enter the left lane of the one-way road.
To turn left from a two-way road onto a four-lane highway, enter the passing lane, then move to the right out of it when traffic permits.
The passing lane is the nearest lane to you, and leaving it soon keeps it free for drivers who are passing.
Make the turn so that you enter the passing lane of the four-lane highway.
On the test
Where should you begin a left turn from a one-way road onto a two-way road?
In the left turn lane. Starting from the left side of a one-way road keeps you clear of traffic going straight beside you. North Dakota Noncommercial Driver License Manual, p.22: “To turn left from a one-way road onto a two-way road, begin in the left turn lane and complete the turn as indicated in the picture.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against North Dakota Noncommercial Driver License Manual, published by the North Dakota Department of Transportation, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/ND.pdf (North Dakota Noncommercial Driver License Manual, 2025-2027, Revised 2025, North Dakota Department of Transportation, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/ND.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- https://www.dot.nd.gov/driver/noncommercial-driver-license-manual (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)
- https://www.dot.nd.gov/driver/driver-license (read 2026-10-04; states no count or mark for the Class D knowledge test)
- https://ndlegis.gov/information/acdata/pdf/37-03-01.pdf (N.D. Admin. Code chapter 37-03-01 and the rest of article 37-03, read 2026-10-04; states no knowledge-test figure)
- https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t39c06.pdf (NDCC chapter 39-06, read 2026-10-04; section 39-06-13 sets what the examination covers and states no figure)