A Stop Here for Pedestrians sign is posted near a crosswalk. When does it require you to stop at the stop line?
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A.
Only when the crosswalk has flashing yellow beacons.
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B.
Whenever a pedestrian is in the crosswalk. Correct
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C.
At all times, whether or not a pedestrian is present.
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D.
Only when a pedestrian is on the same side of the road as you.
The answer is "Whenever a pedestrian is in the crosswalk."
The sign tells you where to stop when a pedestrian is using the crosswalk. You stop at the stop line, not in the crosswalk itself, so the pedestrian has the full crosswalk to use. If no pedestrian is present, you do not have to stop; once stopped, remain so until the pedestrian has cleared your lane plus the next lane. The pull toward C comes from treating the sign like a plain stop sign and missing that the requirement only kicks in when a pedestrian is actually in the crosswalk.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Only when the crosswalk has flashing yellow beacons.
Beacons are an additional warning, not a condition for the sign to apply. This answer confuses the regulatory sign with mid-block crosswalk flashing yellow beacons, which are a separate warning device, not a precondition for the sign.
C. At all times, whether or not a pedestrian is present.
The sign only applies when a pedestrian is in the crosswalk. This answer treats the sign as an unconditional stop like a stop sign; the manual conditions the stop on a pedestrian being in the crosswalk.
D. Only when a pedestrian is on the same side of the road as you.
The sign is triggered by a pedestrian in the crosswalk, whichever side of the road they started from. This answer invents a same-side limit the sign does not carry.
This question tests your knowledge of Regulatory Signs in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "Regulatory Signs - Other," p.9..
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