RA40

iTrader: (6)

I went out for a 2 mile errand run...and in that short distance, I encountered two drivers who apparently have no clue how to make a U-turn.

#1, driver on a 4 lane highway with a double wide #2 lane initiates the trun half-way in the turn pocket and half in the #1 lane. Acura TL

#2, in the turn pocket but suddenly swings wide to make the turn almost causing me to side swipe her. Camry

Do these people not know that even a SUV can do a lock-lock turn in under 40' ?!?!?!?! Are they scared to crank the steering wheel that far over?!

GS3Tek

iTrader: (8)

I guess it was for those 2 drivers....*shaking head*

I bring this up alot, how about a 10 minute right turn? Sheeesh!

There could be a lot less incompetent drivers if these drivers are re-tested at the dmv

tuan92129

YOu are not tested on U-turns for the DMV driving test (at least in CA)

rominl

iTrader: (4)

hey, it's california man.... it's a fact that when you are driving, you are almost always focusing on protecting yourself..

Lexmex

In most vehicles, I can do a U-turn with ease, but the RX300 presents a very difficult challenge only rectified in the RX330+.

kietlander

u-turns are SOOO hard people of NJ are soo incompitent they cant do one. we have "jug handles". when i first moved here i was like WTF is this.

Tramix

Dun be hating on our U-turns just cause they take up more unneccessary space and waste your time at a light that seems to never change. And ahem...I'll pull a U-turn anywhere given you don't complain about it being ILLEGAL. lol

GS3Tek

iTrader: (8)

Thank goodness for them huh? But imagine if you can't do a u-turn, they'll probably fail at the parallel parking then

rominl

iTrader: (4)

some area in cali you don't even have to do parallel parking during driving test

and even worse, in some area, you don't have to go on highway (10 yrs back when i got my license i had to). later on i found out why -- someone got on freeway during test and got into bad accident, where the examiner was critcally injured. so due to "safety", they pulled the freeway testing portion. WTF? i don't see how it makes sense at all

i think in due time, driving test is only to make sure you know how to start a car... no wonder why i have to be so careful of all the idiots on the road...

Threxx

Ironically enough even many full sized trucks and SUVs have better turning radiuses than many smallish economy cars simply because the trucks/SUVs are RWD and the econo cars are FWD.

Of course not enough difference to make them swing way out on a U-turn, but you saying "even an SUV" made me think I should point out that most SUVs are not as hindered on turn-radius as most people tend to assume they are, at least relative to their size in relation to a FWD vehicle...

tuan92129

I didn't go on the highway for my driving test.
Man...It would be so cool to have the Ls 460 back up the 20 ft required to pass the test. + There is a E brake, so if you screw up during the test, they can't do anything about it.

cal_alum98

In San Francisco, good luck finding a space to even test parallel parking. Highway driving wasn't required when I took my test 15 years ago.

When I was standing in line for my learner's permit, I remember seeing a DMV employee helping out a guy by explaining what various road signs mean (stop sign, etc.) and he just couldn't get it. I just thought to myself, "If he gets a license, we're boned."

rominl

iTrader: (4)

in some other countries (hong kong for example), you actually test some basic stuff within the facility first like parking or so, before you get on the road. that's common sense imho. the way it's done here? god help us