A yield sign requires you to do what?
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A.
Stop fully and wait for a green signal.
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B.
Reduce speed and yield right of way. Correct
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C.
Maintain your speed and merge with traffic.
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D.
Always come to a complete stop, the same as for a stop sign.
The answer is "Reduce speed and yield right of way."
A yield sign tells you to slow down and give the right of way to other traffic and pedestrians. Stop only if doing so is necessary to yield safely. The triangle shape is your cue at a distance. A yield is not a stop sign, and treating every yield like a stop will hold up traffic behind you. Dropping the 'if needed' qualifier and treating every yield as a mandatory full stop is what pushes a driver to D.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Stop fully and wait for a green signal.
This describes a stop sign or red signal, not a yield. A yield only requires a stop if needed to yield safely. This answer confuses the yield sign with a stop sign or steady red signal, which require a full stop regardless of conditions.
C. Maintain your speed and merge with traffic.
A yield never tells you to keep your speed; the rule is to reduce speed and yield right of way. This answer drops the manual's 'reduce speed' requirement and treats a yield like a free merge.
D. Always come to a complete stop, the same as for a stop sign.
The manual says to stop the same as for a stop sign only if needed; a yield does not always require a full stop. This answer drops the manual's 'if needed' qualifier and treats every yield as a mandatory full stop, conflating it with a stop sign.
This question tests your knowledge of Regulatory Signs in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "Signs & Traffic Signals, Regulatory Signs Prohibitive (Yield)," p.7..
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