You see a Do Not Enter sign facing you as you approach a roadway. What does it tell you?
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A.
The restriction applies only during posted hours.
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B.
You may enter if you first yield to oncoming traffic.
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C.
Do not enter that road or freeway. Correct
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D.
Slow down and proceed through with caution.
The answer is "Do not enter that road or freeway."
The Do Not Enter sign warns you not to enter a road or freeway. You will see it if you are going the wrong way, often onto a one-way street or a freeway off-ramp. Stop, turn around, and find another route. Picking D mistakes a red prohibitive regulatory sign for a yellow warning sign that would only call for caution rather than stopping.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. The restriction applies only during posted hours.
The manual describes Do Not Enter as a blanket prohibition with no time-of-day exception. This answer treats a blanket prohibitive sign as a conditional, time-limited restriction the manual does not describe.
B. You may enter if you first yield to oncoming traffic.
Do Not Enter is a prohibitive regulatory sign that bars entry outright; yielding does not make it legal to proceed. This answer treats a prohibitive sign as a yield/right-of-way rule that allows entry after yielding to oncoming traffic.
D. Slow down and proceed through with caution.
Do Not Enter is a red regulatory prohibitive sign, not a yellow warning sign telling you to slow down and continue. This answer confuses a red prohibitive regulatory sign with a yellow warning sign that calls for caution rather than stopping.
This question tests your knowledge of Regulatory Signs in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "Signs & Traffic Signals, Regulatory Signs, Prohibitive," p.7..
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