A small sign reading "Right Turn Permitted Without Stopping" is mounted below a stop sign. What does it allow?
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A.
All traffic at the intersection may proceed without stopping.
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B.
Right-turning traffic may turn only after coming to a complete stop.
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C.
Right-turning traffic may turn only when there is no oncoming traffic.
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D.
Right-turning traffic may turn without stopping; other traffic must stop and yield. Correct
The answer is "Right-turning traffic may turn without stopping; other traffic must stop and yield."
Some intersections post this auxiliary sign under a stop sign so right-turning traffic can keep moving when the path is clear. Drivers turning right do not have to stop, but they still must yield the right of way. Every other movement at the intersection follows the stop sign and must come to a complete stop. Answer B is where a driver lands by applying the plain stop-sign rule and ignoring that this small sign lifts the stop specifically for right turns.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. All traffic at the intersection may proceed without stopping.
The exemption applies only to right-turning traffic; other movements still must stop. This answer misreads the sign as waiving the stop for every movement, when the manual limits the exemption to traffic turning right.
B. Right-turning traffic may turn only after coming to a complete stop.
This is the default stop-sign rule, which this sign exists to modify. This answer ignores that the sign explicitly states right-turning traffic may turn without stopping, and instead applies the unmodified stop-sign rule.
C. Right-turning traffic may turn only when there is no oncoming traffic.
The sign requires yielding right of way, not waiting for oncoming traffic; right turns face cross traffic. This answer substitutes an oncoming-traffic condition the manual never states; the manual's requirement is to yield right of way, not to wait for an empty road.
This question tests your knowledge of Regulatory Signs in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "Regulatory Signs – Other," p.8..
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