Doesn’t “droit” mean right? So is the speaker saying turn right or go straight?
Tout droit means straight ahead, á droite means turn right.
It’s a bit confusing, but the word “right” in English has several different meanings as well.
This explains it perfectly, including the etymology of the phrases: FYW 121 : Tout droit vs à droite: what's the connection between these two expressions? - French Your Way
" Tout droit means straight ahead, á droite means turn right. " - exactly. This confused me too when I got directions driving in France. The man pointed straight ahead but I thought he was talking about the direction to the right. In the end of course, I understood how silly it had been of me to think he was telling me to keep turning right, cause unless it was 3 turns or less, I´d just have driven in circles.