Who has right of way in a multiple lane turn?

Question

Who has the right of way when you have multiple lanes turning into a different number of multiple lanes? For instance, imagine a right turn with 2 turn lanes going to the right merging onto a 3 lane road. Which (original) turn lane gets the middle lane after completing the turn? Ideally, no one would get the middle lane immediately after the turn, but of course that isn't going to happen.

This is just a curiosity question, not one I am trying to get legal advice on.

Answer 1

ANY TIME EITHER YOU HAVE 1 LANE OR 2 LANES TURN LEFT OR RIGHT, THE RIGHT MOST TURNING LANE "UNWRITTENLY SPEAKING OF COURSE" FOR A LEFT TURN THE RIGHTMOST LANE, SHOULD GO TO CURB SIDE, THATS AN UNWRITTEN RULE. HOWEVER WHEN TURNING RIGHT W/1 OR MULTIPLE LANES THE RIGHTMOST LANE TURNS CURBSIDE TO CURBSIDE, YOU CAN FIND THE RIGHT TURN PENNAL CODE @ YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY. IF I FIND THE PENNAL CODE I WILL POST IT

Answer 2

Assuming that all of the cars are abreast of each other while making this turn the car on the inside lane whether right turn or left turn has the right of way. No different than the right lane on the Interstate having the right of way and if some idiot speeds up to pass all of the traffic in the right lane to "race" them to the next off ramp and cuts someone off to wedge their way into the right lane to get off the Interstate and forces them to crash or slam or their brakes to avoid hitting them.

This is why too many lanes on an Interstate system is considered maxed out when they hit between 8 and 12 lanes since the outter lanes can't get off the Interstate if traffic is heavy and it forces traffic to a crawl that is well below the posted speed limit which is the reverse of why Interstates were built to begin with. They were designed to move traffic faster than the old highways and state roads they replaced. Now volume has crippled most Interstate systems at least during the work week.

Good Luck!

Answer 3

In "theory" it should alternate as a staggered merge to the left and center lanes. One car goes then the next until all vehicles have completed the turn and merge. Of course some people merge more rapidly than others, while some putter along causing everyone else to try to find a way around them. Like so many other intersections and merges.... sounds like an accident waiting to happen!

Answer 4

If there are two right turn lanes, and the intersecting lane has a stop as well, whoever starts in the (left) right turn lane gets the center lane because they are (ideally) supposed to stay in their lane and if that's the lane they started in, that's the lane they end up in. It's like a right turn from any other road, you stay in the right lane and same with left turns. . .

Answer 5

If all cars stay in their respective lanes when making the turn, the matter is settled when the turn is completed.