[TITLE: HOW TO TURN LEFT AT A T INTERSECTION AND NOT BE PRESSURED]
Hi there smart drivers. Rick with Smart Drive Test talking to you today about left
hand turns and social pressure to go when the light turns yellow. Another
video in the crash analysis smart series. Stick around, we'll be right back with
that information.
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hi there garters welcome back Rick with smart drive test talk to you but
left-hand turns and the pressure from social driving and I've talked about
social driving before because driving is a social activity and there are rules
that govern how we drive and the actions that we take on the roadway and one of
the pressures that new drivers feel is the pressure to hurry up and get going
and not impede other traffic and that pressure is real especially on left-hand
turns and that's we're going to talk about today now just before we get
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here in the crash there's a left-hand turn
cat and T intersection and the person turning right on the far side of the
intersection stops and waves the person turning left to go before them
unfortunately the person turning left didn't insure that oncoming traffic was
coming to a stop pulled out in front of another vehicle and in ensued in a crash
now I've had the same thing happened to me where other people turning right have
waved me on to go first as a left-hand turn it is imperative that you make sure
that oncoming traffic is coming to a stop or the gap is sufficient I had a
comment from cool dudes 597 and he was telling me that he nearly got cleaned up
in an intersection or involved in a crash because the person didn't stop the
person ran a yellow light and you can see on the dashcam footage here that I
have caught other people making left-hand turns at intersections
and the vehicle has charged through the yellow light and charged the red light
and this is the reason we have red-light cameras that lots of people run red
lights so make sure that when you're making a left-hand turn and you commit
to that that the oncoming traffic has absolutely stopped do not get pressured
by other vehicles to go know that you own the intersection and analogy of this
is when you turn out into the path of oncoming traffic it's kind of like
soldiers in war when they step out from that shelter they are now in the line of
fire and you as well are in the line of fire and I cannot stress enough that
t-bone crashes if you have passengers in the vehicle this maneuver is really
really dangerous for passengers in your vehicle because if you get t-boned
there's no protection in that vehicle there's only about six or eight inches
20 centimeters of metal and most of that metal is hollow on that door panel
that's not going to save you so know that it's it's a very dangerous type of
crash and I talked more about that t-bone crashes and whatnot in the
defensive driving course over at the smart drive test channel so again in the
crash the right hand turning vehicle waved on the left-hand turning vehicle
and for whatever reason the person turning left in this crash got
distracted didn't make sure that oncoming traffic was coming to a stop
and simply proceeded across into oncoming traffic and was involved in a
crash so again do not for those of you who are new or have some fear and
trepidation around driving know that you own the intersection and make sure and
double make sure and triple make sure that that oncoming traffic is coming to
a stop before you proceed with your left-hand turn question for my smart
drivers have you been pressured by other drivers on the roadway to hurry up and
clear the intersection and have made an error in judgment when making a
left-hand turn leave a comment down in the comment section there all that helps
out the new drivers and the veteran drivers who are working to be crash free
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drive test thanks very much for watching good luck on your road test and remember
pick the best answer not necessarily the right answer have a great day
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