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Page 2 of 3 AARP Driver Safety Smart Driver™ Course State-Specific Information D20697 – May 2024 MASSACHUSETTS Turning at Intersections - Participant Guidebook Page 68 Drivers must use their turn signal 100 feet before turning, 500 feet when driving on a highway. It is illegal to wait in the middle of an intersection to turn left. When turning left from a two-way street on to a one-way street (two lane), drivers must turn into the most extreme left-hand lane available. It is legal to turn on red from the inside lane of multiple right turn lanes if it is safe to do so and there are no signs prohibiting. It is legal to make right turn on a solid red arrow. It is illegal to make a left turn from a two-way street to a one-way on a solid red light. U-Turns – Participant Guidebook Page 69 Drivers may not make a U-turn where the vehicle cannot be seen by the operator of another vehicle is approaching in either direction at a distance of 500 feet. Merging – Participant Guidebook Page 70 Drivers shall always yield the right-of-way to vehicles which are close enough to constitute a hazard. Handicapped Parking – Participant Guidebook Page 74 Drivers with disabilities must display either a special license plate or windshield placard to park in designated persons with disabilities parking spaces. Disability placards must be removed from the rear-view mirror while you drive. Driving in Rain, Snow, Fog, Smoke, Dust and Other Conditions – Participant Guidebook Page 75-77 Drivers must turn on their headlights if visibility is less than 500 feet, or whenever they have their windshield wipers on. Sharing the Road with Emergency Vehicles – Participant Guidebook Page 82 On any undivided highway on which an emergency vehicle approaches with its lights and siren on, all traffic shall yield to the right, clear of any intersection, and shall stop.Slowly rolling is not acceptable. If an emergency vehicle (police, ambulance, fire, or maintenance) is stopped on the shoulder of a freeway with its flashing lights on, the driver must reduce speed and leave a lane between their vehicle and the emergency vehicle. If it is not possible to change lanes, the driver must reduce their speed and be prepared to stop. It is illegal to follow closer than 300 feet behind an emergency vehicle responding to an alarm. Sharing the Road with School Buses – Participant Guidebook Page 82 Drivers are not required to stop for a school bus that is on the opposite side of a divided highway (barrier or median). Drivers are required to stop for school buses when they are flashing red lights and are discharging or receiving school children. If a school bus or a school pupil transport vehicle has its lights f lashing and a stop sign extended, you must stop. Remain stopped until the lights stop flashing or the stop sign folds back.