A pedestrian is walking across the road in your lane at a marked crosswalk. What's required of you?
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A.
Slow down but proceed if there is room to pass.
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B.
Stop and remain stopped until they clear your lane and the next. Correct
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C.
Stop, but proceed as soon as the pedestrian steps out of your lane of travel.
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D.
Stop only if the pedestrian is directly in front of your bumper.
The answer is "Stop and remain stopped until they clear your lane and the next."
Oregon law requires you to stop and remain stopped for a pedestrian crossing in a crosswalk when the pedestrian is in your lane of travel, in a lane next to your lane (including a bike lane), or in the lane you are turning into. A pedestrian counts as "crossing the road" once any part or extension (cane, wheelchair, bicycle) moves onto the road.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Slow down but proceed if there is room to pass.
You must stop and remain stopped, not slow-and-pass. Misreading: Reads the rule as a yield instead of a full stop and remain stopped.
C. Stop, but proceed as soon as the pedestrian steps out of your lane of travel.
Clearing your lane is not enough. You must remain stopped while the pedestrian is in the lane next to your lane of travel, including a bike lane. Misreading: Drops the adjacent-lane requirement; the manual requires remaining stopped while the pedestrian is in a lane next to your lane of travel, including a bike lane.
D. Stop only if the pedestrian is directly in front of your bumper.
You must stop as soon as any part of the pedestrian is in your lane or the next lane, not wait until you're about to hit them. Misreading: Narrows the rule to imminent contact and ignores the adjacent-lane trigger.
This question tests your knowledge of Right of Way in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "Sharing the Road, Pedestrians," p.46..
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