USE OF LANES
White lines painted on the pavement indicate traffic going in your direction (such as one-way streets).
Yellow lines mark the center of a two-way road used for two-way traffic. You may pass on a two-way road if the yellow centerline is broken. When a solid and a broken yellow line are together, you must not pass if you are driving next to the solid line. Two solid yellow lines mean "no passing." Never drive to the right of these lines. Stay on your side of the road.
Exceptions: - When turning right at an intersection or into or out of a private road or driveway
- When the left half of the road is closed or blocked
Lanes For Through Traffic
Once you start through an intersection, keep going. If you start to make a turn, follow through as last-second changes may cause accidents. If you missed a turn, continue to the next intersection and work your way back to where you want to go.
Lanes For Turning
Below are some rules to help you when turning at a street corner.
Right Turn: Get close to the center divider line or into the right turn lane (if there is one). When turning right, don't turn too soon and "cut the corner " of the lane belonging to cars coming toward you.
Left Turn: If you are turning left, get close to the left edge of the road (watch for bicycles or motorcycles between your car and the curb). On a left turn, don't turn wide. Stay in the left lane until you have finished your turn.
How to make a left turn
 | - Begin signaling
- Look over right shoulder
- Move as close to the left as possible
- About 100 feet from corner, reduce speed.
- STOP BEHIND LIMIT LINE and look both ways.
- Turn into left lane.
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 | - About 100 feet from corner:
- Begin signaling
- Reduce speed
- STOP BEHIND LIMIT LINE
- Look left, then right, then left again.
- If safe, make turn.
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Sidewalks
Never drive on a sidewalk unless you are crossing a sidewalk to enter or leave a driveway or alley. When crossing a sidewalk, stop for any pedestrian.
Lanes For Passing
Never drive off the paved or main-traveled portion of the road or on the shoulder to pass. When you want to pass a vehicle or bicycle going in your direction, pass on the right. In a narrow traffic lane wait until the traffic is clear coming from the opposite side before passing. Pass on the left only:
- If an open highway is clearly marked for two or more lanes of vehicles moving in your direction of travel
- If the driver of the other vehicle is making a right turn. Never drive off the road or pass to the left of a driver who is signaling a right turn. (Be careful. Sometimes drivers use the wrong turn signal.) Don't honk when you pass on the left. The other driver may think you are on the right and "pull over " right into you.
If you need to move into another lane, move only after you have finished a turn you want to make and when traffic is clear.
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