You enter a marked Safety Corridor. What should you do?
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A.
Slow down for the work zone marked by diamond-shaped flags.
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B.
Turn on your lights for safety. Correct
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C.
Turn on your hazard lights.
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D.
Reduce your speed by 10 mph.
The answer is "Turn on your lights for safety."
Safety Corridors are designated stretches of highway with more fatal and serious injury collisions than the statewide average. The instruction when driving through one is simple: turn on your lights for safety. The signs identifying a corridor may include diamond shaped flags, but those flags are part of the corridor signing itself, not a work-zone marker. Drivers who borrow the school-zone or work-zone habit of dropping a set number of mph pick answer D, even though a Safety Corridor sets no posted reduction.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Slow down for the work zone marked by diamond-shaped flags.
The diamond shaped flags may appear on the signs identifying the Safety Corridor itself; they do not mark a work zone. The corridor instruction is to turn on your lights. This answer carries the work-zone routine over to any stretch of highway that displays diamond flags, since orange diamond-shaped signs commonly warn of construction.
C. Turn on your hazard lights.
Turning on your lights means your vehicle's regular driving lights for visibility, not hazard flashers. Hazard lights signal a stopped or disabled vehicle and would confuse drivers behind you in moving traffic. This answer misreads the manual's 'Turn on your lights for safety' as a directive to activate hazard flashers rather than the vehicle's regular driving lights.
D. Reduce your speed by 10 mph.
No fixed speed reduction applies in a Safety Corridor; the instruction is to turn on your lights. The posted speed limit still governs. This answer borrows the school-zone or work-zone rule of thumb that a high-risk stretch always comes with a posted mph reduction.
This question tests your knowledge of Guide Signs in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "Route, Guide, and Information Signs: Safety Corridors," p.13..
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