Why Do So Many People in Maine Struggle With This Driving Maneuver?

For a lot of people, one of the first distinct tasks they learn involves coloring books. You choose your crayon and you're asked to do something specific with it, color inside the lines of the template in front of you.

It is an elementary task that doesn't seem like an important life lesson we'll use later in our days at the time. But the minute you step inside a vehicle, you realize that coloring inside the lines was a precursor for the road you'll face later.

That's not just a metaphor, either. As roads and intersections in Maine get busier, so does the challenge of driving inside the lines. And there's a lot of people that are failing at it.

Maine Drivers Continue to Struggle With Dual Left Turn Lanes

Once upon a time in Maine, you could drive every road in the state and not encounter a single dual left turn lane situation.

But times have changed and many roads throughout the state have gotten busier with additional vehicle traffic and a need for more complex intersections. Those intersections often feature situations like dual left turn lanes. Two lanes that will simultaneously turn left.

These dual left turn lanes continue to be a difficult adjustment for a lot of drivers. It has led to accidents, road rage and questions about what is so difficult to understand.

The Law Behind Dual Left Turn Lanes

The laws behind dual left turn lanes is rather simple. Motorists are tasked with staying in their lane through the process of the left turn. At an intersection, if you're on the "inside" left lane, you'll continue through left turn process and arrive at the "inside" left lane for the next road.

Far too frequently in Maine, drivers using the "inside" left lane don't hold their lane line or believe they are meant to arrive in the "outside" lane during the left turn process.