A pedestrian carrying a white cane is crossing the road in front of you in Oregon. You have a green light. What must you do?
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A.
Pull around the pedestrian if there is room.
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B.
Remain stopped until they cross the entire road. Correct
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C.
Proceed because you have a green light.
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D.
Wait until the pedestrian clears your lane, then go.
The answer is "Remain stopped until they cross the entire road."
You must yield the right of way to a pedestrian who is blind, has limited vision, or is deaf-blind when they are carrying a white cane or using a guide dog. Stay stopped until the person has crossed the entire road, even on a green light. The standard clear-of-your-lane rule does not override this one. Option D carries over the general pedestrian rule (wait until they leave your lane) and applies it here, missing that a white cane or guide dog raises the bar to the entire road.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Pull around the pedestrian if there is room.
Passing a pedestrian who is using a white cane or guide dog is exactly the maneuver this rule exists to prohibit. This answer treats the situation as a normal slow-pedestrian pass, ignoring the requirement to stop and remain stopped for a pedestrian with a white cane or guide dog.
C. Proceed because you have a green light.
The green light does not relieve you of the duty to yield to a pedestrian with a white cane or guide dog. This answer treats a green light as overriding the white cane / guide dog yield rule, which the manual states must be honored even on green.
D. Wait until the pedestrian clears your lane, then go.
For a pedestrian with a white cane or guide dog, you must wait until they have crossed the entire road, not just your lane. This answer applies the general clear-of-your-lane pedestrian rule, ignoring that the white cane rule requires waiting until the entire road is crossed.
This question tests your knowledge of Right of Way in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "White Canes and Guide Dogs," p.48..
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