You're turning right across a marked bike lane at an Oregon intersection. A bicyclist is approaching in the bike lane. What must you do?
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A.
Merge into the bike lane before the turn so the bicyclist passes you on the left.
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B.
Turn first: bicycles must yield to motor vehicles.
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C.
Yield to the bicyclist before turning across the bike lane. Correct
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D.
Stop in the bike lane and wait for the bicyclist to go around you.
The answer is "Yield to the bicyclist before turning across the bike lane."
Drivers must yield to people riding bicycles in a bike lane or on a sidewalk before turning across the lane or sidewalk. You also may not move into or travel in a bike lane in preparation for a turn; you cross it at the turn itself, after yielding. Drivers used to merging into a dedicated right-turn lane before turning are the ones who pick A, treating a bike lane like the turn lane they know.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Merge into the bike lane before the turn so the bicyclist passes you on the left.
You may not move into or travel in a bike lane in preparation for a turn; you stay in the travel lane and cross the bike lane only at the turn itself, after yielding. This answer treats a bike lane like a right-turn-only lane to merge into before turning, a habit from roads that use dedicated turn lanes.
B. Turn first: bicycles must yield to motor vehicles.
The yield direction runs the other way: the turning driver must yield to the bicyclist in the bike lane before crossing it. This answer assumes larger, faster vehicles always have priority over smaller ones and flips the yield direction the manual actually assigns.
D. Stop in the bike lane and wait for the bicyclist to go around you.
You may not drive or park in a bike lane; yield from your travel lane and cross the bike lane only when it is clear. This answer confuses 'yield before crossing' with stopping inside the bike lane, borrowing from how drivers pull onto a shoulder to let faster traffic pass.
This question tests your knowledge of Right of Way in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "Sharing the Road, Bicycles," p.50..
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