Four lane crossover turns — Tennessee Permit Test

Four lane crossover turns on the Tennessee permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

On a divided four-lane highway, treat a crossover like a cross street and keep to the right side of the crossover's paved area.

A car from the other side may be turning into the same opening. Keeping right keeps you out of its path.

treat the crossover/opening the same as a cross street by keeping to the right side of the crossover paved area.

Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, p.60

If a car is already waiting in the crossover, stay stopped in the leftmost highway lane with your signal on until it clears.

Squeezing in beside the waiting car leaves your rear end sticking out into the left lane.

If a vehicle is already in the crossover waiting for traffic to clear, remain stopped in the left most lane of the four-lane highway with your turn signal on until the waiting vehicle has cleared the crossover.

Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, p.60

Do not swing into the left side of a crossover or bunch up behind a waiting car; it can cause a head-on crash with a car turning from the other direction.

Swinging left puts you on the wrong side of the opening, right where a car from the other side is turning.

It places your car on the wrong side of the road in the crossover and could cause a head-on collision with a vehicle attempting to turn left in the crossover from the opposite direction.

Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, p.60

On the test

When you use a crossover on a divided four-lane highway, where do you keep?

To the right side of the crossover. A car from the other side may be turning into the same opening. Keeping right keeps you out of its path. Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, p.60: “treat the crossover/opening the same as a cross street by keeping to the right side of the crossover paved area.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, published by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-03.