You're driving on a road that ends at a T-intersection in Oregon. There are no signs or signals. What must you do?
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A.
The first driver to arrive at the intersection has the right of way.
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B.
Yield to drivers on the through road. Correct
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C.
Yield only if a vehicle is directly in front of you.
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D.
Continue straight; the through road yields to you.
The answer is "Yield to drivers on the through road."
If you are on a road that ends at a T-intersection with no signs or signals, you must yield to drivers on the through road. Choice A tempts drivers borrowing the four-way-stop courtesy of letting whoever arrives first go first, but that courtesy applies only when every approach is controlled by a stop sign, not at an uncontrolled T where the terminating road already carries the yield.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. The first driver to arrive at the intersection has the right of way.
The rule at an uncontrolled T-intersection is structural, not arrival-order: the terminating road yields no matter who arrived first. This answer borrows the four-way-stop courtesy of letting whoever arrives first go first, which only applies when every approach is stop-controlled.
C. Yield only if a vehicle is directly in front of you.
You must yield to every driver on the through road, not just to one whose path crosses yours. This answer falls back on obstacle-avoidance instinct, treating yielding as a reaction to a car blocking your path rather than a standing priority the through road holds over all of its traffic.
D. Continue straight; the through road yields to you.
The through road has priority; the road that ends is the one that must yield. This answer inverts the rule by assuming a driver going straight always outranks crossing traffic, ignoring that at a T it is the terminating road that yields regardless of direction of travel.
This question tests your knowledge of Right of Way in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "Intersections," p.42..
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