@Setanta,
Not to pile on you, but I should probably show you this:
turn onto
turn onto something:
1. Lit. to walk or steer one's vehicle onto a road, highway, or path.
Turn onto the main road and go west about a mile. As she turned onto the familiar highway, she realized that she had left her purse in the store.
2. turn onto someone or something; to become interested in someone or something.
Jeff turned onto electronics at the age of fourteen. I tried to get her to turn onto me, but she could only think of John.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/turn+onto
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turn into
v.
1. To direct one's way or course into something:
The truck turned into the gas station.
2. To cause someone or something to take on some character, nature, identity, or appearance; change or transform someone or something into someone or something:
The designer turned a rundown house into a show place. We turned the spare room into a nursery.
3. To change into something or someone; become transformed into something or someone:
The night turned into day. In the story, straw turns into gold.
4. To convert something into something:
The singers turned their talent into extra money.
5. To pour, let fall, or otherwise release something into some receptacle:
The chef turned the soup into the dish.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/turn+into
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That should clear up any misunderstandings about the meanings of
into and
onto, especially when it comes to roads.