Center turn lane — Nevada Permit Test

Center turn lane on the Nevada permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

Drivers may cross the lines of a center left-turn lane only to make a left turn onto or from the highway; it is not a travel or passing lane.

Two drivers using the middle lane as a fast lane from opposite ends meet head-on.

Drivers may cross these lines only to make a left turn onto or from the highway.
Nevada Driver Handbook, p.32

You may not travel more than 200 feet in a center turn lane before making a left turn.

The longer you drive in the middle lane, the more likely you meet a driver turning in from the other way.

Drivers may not travel more than 200 feet in a center turn lane before making a left-hand turn and they may not travel more than 50 feet in a center lane after making a left-hand turn onto the highway before merging with traffic per NRS 484B.223 (3).
Nevada Driver Handbook, p.32

After a left turn into a center lane, you may not travel more than 50 feet before merging with traffic.

A car crawling along the middle lane is in the way of drivers waiting there to turn.

Drivers may not travel more than 200 feet in a center turn lane before making a left-hand turn and they may not travel more than 50 feet in a center lane after making a left-hand turn onto the highway before merging with traffic per NRS 484B.223 (3).
Nevada Driver Handbook, p.32

On the test

What may you use a center left-turn lane for?

Making a left turn onto or from the road. Two drivers using the middle lane as a fast lane from opposite ends meet head-on. Nevada Driver Handbook, p.32: “Drivers may cross these lines only to make a left turn onto or from the highway.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Nevada Driver Handbook, published by the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.