Federal data have shown that 53.1 percent of crossing-path crashes involve left turns, but only 5.7 percent involve right turns.
Many parallel roads track next to highways. And there are feeder roads that run parallel before turning left onto the main highway. A person coming off a major highway must merge with the feeder road, but if there is a turn-off from the feeder that the exiting vehicle wants to take ... bingo bango if not paying close attention.