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Originally Posted by TheDude
Topgun, show the law starting your point of view, please. I'm learning and if you know something they please share.
I will post this again.
Chapter 316 of the Florid Statute is vague and doesn't answer:
1. The driver of a vehicle intending to turn left at an intersection onto a highway, public or private roadway, or driveway must approach the intersection in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the direction of travel of such vehicle and must make the left turn so as to leave the intersection in a lane lawfully available to traffic moving in such direction upon the roadway being entered.
BUT:
Florida DMV handbook clarifies it.
A left turn may be completed into any lane lawfully available or safe for the desired direction of travel. Diagrams addressing the different turning situations are in the Florida drivers handbook.
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Right of Way
In most states where I’ve driven, whenever two cars can simultaneously utilize the road, the dominant car has a green light and the other has a yellow light to signify ‘go only when it’s safe’. I seem to run into situations pulling out of shopping centers where both oncoming traffic from across the street going straight in have a green light & I also have a green light to turn left. I just watch the opposing traffic & let them go. Many of us from elsewhere just accelerate when the light turns green; we need yellow lights for the one who only has permission when the route is clear & should be liable for damages. (Also turning in other places, both oncoming & left turns have green lights. I get honked at for not turning in quicky gaps; I’d rather wait for my real green light.