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.
Yield to the bicyclist before turning across the bike lane. Correct
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C.
Turn first: bicycles must yield to motor vehicles.
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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. The bike lane behaves like a parallel travel lane that you must clear before entering.
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. Misreading: Misreads the rule by treating the bike lane as a turn lane to merge into; the manual prohibits moving into or traveling in a bike lane in preparation for a turn.
C. Turn first: bicycles must yield to motor vehicles.
The yield obligation is on the turning driver, not on the bicyclist. Misreading: Inverts the yield obligation; the manual places the duty to yield on the driver turning across the bike lane, not on the bicyclist.
D. Stop in the bike lane and wait for the bicyclist to go around you.
Drivers may not drive or park in a bike lane; cross it only at the turn after yielding. Misreading: Treats the bike lane as a place to stop and wait; the manual prohibits driving or parking in a bike lane and instructs drivers to yield before crossing it at the turn.
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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