Maryland Drivers: When Did Turning Wide Become Acceptable in the Rules of Driving?

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It's become apparent that more and more Maryland drivers are oblivious of the rule when making turns.  Have you notice that people make left turns are no longer staying in his/her lane closest to the turn?  For example: one driver is on a left turn only lane and onto a traffic that has 3 lanes, what does the driver do, he/she turns into the lane furthest away.  This blocks any driver in the opposite flow of traffic that wants to make a right turn, unable to do so because that driver making the left turn would have hit the car making the right turn.

Based on the Maryland Driver's Handbook:

Left Turn: Four-Lane, Two-Way to Four-Lane, Two-Way

• Get into the left lane on your side of the highway well ahead of the turn.
• Signal your intention to turn for at least 100 feet.
• Yield to oncoming traffic including bicycles.
• Yield to pedestrians in crosswalks.
• Turn into the left lane going your way.
• Don’t cut the corner or turn so wide that you get into the right lane going your way.

Of course, the same can be said about drivers making a right turn, but making it so wide that he/she gets into the left lane going your way.

Again, based on the Maryland Driver's Handbook:

Right Turns

• Get into the lane furthermost to the right well ahead of the turn.
• Signal your intention to turn for at least 100 feet.
• Yield to pedestrians in crosswalks.
• Be alert for vehicles ahead that are also turning right.
• Yield to bicyclists traveling between you and the side of the road