"jaybird" <nospam@me.com> wrote in message news:<5wPKa.42182$TJ.1540767@twister.austin.rr.com>... "Lamar" <malevocalist@webtv.net> wrote in message news:2506-3EFB9F26-424@storefull-2151.public.lawson.webtv.net... Do you think I'm being robbed by a corrupt system? I was stopped in the middle of the road waiting for a chance to get into the flow of traffic,my car was straight so I had to look back to see if it was clear for me to go.When I pulled out into traffic I went to the 3rd lane to the right which is the last lane. The cop stopped me and said it was a left turn too wide,since my car was straight,facing the way I was going it wasn't a left turn,I was going to the right as soon as the way was clear. It would have only been a left turn if I hadn't stopped after coming out of the side street.The area has three lanes of traffic in each direction,this area is not an intersection. I already know that cops lie and it's his word against mine so I won't even try to explain what I've just wrote in court because the judge will accept his word over mine,they all work together you know to rob the public. What I need to know is if you've ever heard or read anything that says it's wrong to make a left turn and go immediately to the right lane which is the 3rd lane? Remember the area is not an intersection with lights,there are three lanes for each direction with a lot of side streets.I was stopped in the middle of the road in the turning lane facing the direction I was going so I had to look back to see when the way was clear. In my opinion three lanes is not wide.Also going immediately to the lane you need to be in before traffic catches up is more safer than trying to get over later because some people don't pay attention or care about your turn signals. I didn't do what I've been accused of but If I had done it I don't see anything wrong with it and even though I didn't do it it's what I have to defend myself against because it's what the police officer wrote. Excuse me for repeating myself in this message but I want to make sure you understand the situation and my question.One cop has already responded on a previous message and accused me of admitting to something I didn't say,I think he just didn't have anything better to do so he wanted to upset someone but it didn't work,I'm fully aware of what bored people like that do and won't be pulled in,they need to get a life. You've got a bad attitude about cops and the situation already so any response affirming your guilt is not going to make you happy, but I'll make an attempt. When making a left turn, you're required to turn into the leftmost lane in the direction of traffic that you're entering. You can then make proper lane changes to get to the far right lane after that. I don't understand from your explanation how the arrest title would've been for a wide left turn. I'd have written it for improper lane change. Your opinion of what you personally think is safe may not always be what the law says and what is actually safe to do, so that part is irrelevant. Whether people pay attention to turn signals is not the issue because they would then be at fault and not you. Try and have a more optimistic view of how people view your actions and do a little research on your local traffic code for the answers you're looking for. Good luck in court.

Lamar you should try and explain the situation a little better.... We
have a few large intersections that will have say 4 lanes, 3 for left
turns and one for going straight and right. The road that you are
turning into has 3 lanes. If that is the type of situation that you
are talking about, then you would have to turn into the same lane that
you turned from. So, if you are in the leftmost turn lane then you
would turn into the left lane after the turn, and if you were in the
center left turn lane, then you would have to end up in the center
lane, and so on. So if that is the type of situation that you were
in, and you turned and did not enter the correct lane in the other
direction, then you made an improper left turn. But Jaybird is also
correct. You should turn into the leftmost lane then safely changes
lanes to the one that you want. That does not include stopping in the
middle of the road to change lanes.......