General Driving: Turns, Turnabouts, Intersections, Roundabouts, School Buses, Parking, Lanes, Merging, Exiting and Passing: Signaling 100 Feet Before a Turn, Right and Left Turn Positions, the Driveway Turnabout Seen From 500 Feet, Looking Left, Right and Left Again, Never Trusting a Turn Signal, Counterclockwise Roundabouts, Stopping for School and Church Buses From Either Direction and the Divided-Highway Exception, Angle, Perpendicular and Parallel Parking, Wheels on a Hill, Handicapped Spaces, Turning Off the Engine and Removing the Key, Which Lane Is for What and Why Staying Left on a Limited-Access Highway Is Illegal, Changing Lanes, the Acceleration Lane, Exiting, Passing on the Left and Completing It 200 Feet From Oncoming Traffic, When Passing Is Dangerous, Three Feet for Bicycles and Giving Way When Passed

Written for aiforu2 as the source for a practice-test bank and the on-device tutor for the Kentucky Class D operator's license knowledge test. The facts follow the official manual; the wording is ours.

Source: Kentucky Driver Manual (KSP/KYTC, July 2026 edition), Section Seven "General Driving" (pages 42–48).

Turning

When turning, search all corners for traffic controls, pedestrians and other vehicles and signal; enter and hold the lane closest to the direction you want to go; look through the turn to the farthest point along your path; accelerate smoothly, make sure the signal cancels and check traffic behind; and at an intersection signal 100 feet before the turn. If the driver ahead is signaling, do not signal unless you are turning too. Turn right from the right-most portion of your lane without swinging wide to the left first; turn left from the left-most portion of your lane after yielding to oncoming traffic; and where several lanes turn, pick your lane and stay in it until the turn is complete.

Turnabouts

A turnabout uses a street, alley or driveway to reverse direction legally when driving around the block is impractical. Make sure your car can be seen for 500 feet in either direction; signal right, stop, and check traffic to the sides and rear; back until the rear bumper reaches the near edge of the driveway, then back slowly while steering rapidly all the way right; as the car centers in the driveway, straighten the wheels and stop; when backing onto a two-lane road, do not center the car in the road but keep it right of the center line, or on your side if there is none; shift to drive, check both directions, signal, turn left into the proper lane and accelerate. Applicants should master this maneuver for the skills test.

Intersections

At every intersection reduce speed and search for traffic controls, oncoming and cross traffic, pedestrians and bicyclists, the road condition and areas of limited visibility. Do not rely on others to obey signals or signs; be ready to avoid a crash. Before moving after a stop, look left, then right, then left again; when a light turns green do not move at once, but make sure the path is clear with no crossing traffic, and wait for a gap large enough to cross, turn into the right lane and get up to speed. Look both ways even when the other traffic faces a red light or stop sign. If a building or parked cars block your view, edge forward slowly until you can see; if traffic in one lane blocks your view of another, wait for it to clear rather than nosing into the other lane. Never assume another driver will share space, and never turn into a lane just because an approaching vehicle shows a turn signal; the driver may intend to turn after passing you or may have forgotten to cancel it.

Roundabouts and school buses

A roundabout or traffic circle carries traffic counterclockwise around a raised island, with entering traffic yielding to circulating traffic: slow at the warning sign, yield to traffic in the circle, enter counterclockwise, proceed to your exit, signal and leave. Where there are school buses there are children, who do the unexpected. When a school or church bus is stopped on any road to load or unload, you must stop from either direction and stay stopped until everyone is clear of the road and the bus is moving; the only exception is traveling the opposite direction on a road with four or more lanes separated by an elevated barrier or an unpaved median. Never pass a school or church bus stopped on the highway with its stop arm and signal lights activated; every vehicle approaching from any direction comes to a complete stop until loading is finished and the bus moves.

Parking

You are responsible for making sure your parked vehicle is not a hazard: park in designated areas, as far from traffic as possible and close to any curb, and check signs and painted curbs for no-parking zones. To enter a perpendicular or angle space, identify it, check traffic, signal, move forward slowly turning as needed until the vehicle is in the middle of the space, center it, pull to the front, stop and secure it; to leave, check traffic all around, back straight until your front bumper clears the vehicle beside you, then turn sharply the way the rear should go, stop when clear, shift to drive and accelerate while straightening. To parallel park, identify the space, check traffic and signal; when clear, shift to reverse looking back the way you will move; back slowly turning the wheel rapidly until your front bumper is in line with the rear bumper of the vehicle you are parking behind; back slowly turning rapidly the other way to center the vehicle; stop before touching the vehicle behind, shift to drive and adjust; set the parking brake and shift to park (or reverse in a manual); get out on the curb side or check traffic first; and the law requires turning off the engine and removing the key when you leave, so also lock the vehicle even for a short absence. To leave a parallel space, check traffic, back as close as possible to the vehicle behind, check and signal, move forward slowly steering into the lane, make sure the front bumper will clear the car ahead (reverse and correct if not), and enter the lane once your door post clears its rear bumper; master this for the skills test. On a hill, turn the wheels so the vehicle would touch the curb if it rolled; with no curb, turn them so it would roll off the road. Unauthorized parking in a handicapped space is unlawful and fined; the spaces are only for vehicles showing an official permit from the county clerk and carrying a disabled person.

Lanes

Smooth driving keeps more distance and saves fuel. With three or more lanes one way, the middle lane or lanes are for through traffic, the left lane for passing or turning left, and the right lane for slower drivers and those entering or turning right; with two lanes one way, the right lane generally flows most smoothly and the left is for passing, and remaining in the left lane on a limited-access highway is illegal. Turn into the lane nearest you: left from the lane nearest the center, right from the lane nearest the curb, and change lanes only after the turn is finished and traffic is clear. If you miss a turn, go on to the next intersection and work back. If you are already in an intersection when the light changes, keep going, and if you have begun a turn, follow through, because last-second changes cause collisions. To change lanes, check the mirrors, check the blind spot by turning your head and looking over your shoulder toward the new lane, identify a gap, signal, look again, adjust speed and steer over. Entering a multi-lane highway, use the acceleration lane to reach the speed of traffic, find a gap, merge and cancel the signal, remembering that existing traffic has the right-of-way. To exit, get into the lane nearest the exit early, keep your speed on the main road, signal, move into the deceleration lane and slow there, and check the posted ramp speed.

Passing

In general pass on the left; on multi-lane roads the left-most lane is for passing slower vehicles, and passing on the right is dangerous because drivers do not expect it and vehicles on the right are harder to see, though it is allowed when safe, never by leaving the roadway unless the vehicle being passed has stopped completely. Lane markings show when passing is legal: you may not pass with a solid line on your side of the broken line, and you may pass when the broken yellow line is on your side; pass only with no oncoming vehicles, and signs such as No Passing Anytime also govern. Kentucky law requires a pass to be completed before the start of a no-passing zone and before coming within 200 feet of an oncoming vehicle; being still in the left lane at the no-passing zone is a violation. Pass as quickly and safely as possible, since time alongside is time in danger: check for oncoming traffic, check the mirrors and over your shoulder for following or passing vehicles, signal when safe, steer smoothly into the passing lane, hold or adjust speed, continue until the whole front of the passed vehicle shows in your rearview mirror, signal, and steer smoothly back. Consider whether you have room whenever you approach a hill, curve, intersection or obstruction; treat a hill or curve that blocks your view as an oncoming vehicle and never start a pass approaching one; passing is dangerous wherever someone may enter or cross, such as crossroads, congested business and shopping areas, school zones, parks, playgrounds and pedestrian crossings, where the vehicle you pass hides people and drivers turning into the left lane do not expect you; look ahead for conditions that may push traffic into your lane, including vehicles pulling out of driveways; never pull out without room to return, do not count on passing several vehicles at once or on others making room, and return only when you can see the passed vehicle in your outside rearview mirror. Passing a bicycle or electric low-speed scooter going your way: with more than one lane in your direction, move into the lane immediately to the left if it is available and safe; with one lane, pass on the left keeping at least three feet until safely past, using reasonable caution when three feet is not available; and you may cross the center line, even in a no-passing zone, if the road to the left is clear far enough to pass safely without interfering with oncoming traffic. When being passed, stay in your lane, and the law requires a driver about to be overtaken to give way to the right; road users must cooperate to keep clearances and avoid crashes.

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