In Oregon, a streetcar or light rail train ahead has stopped to pick up passengers. What should you do?
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A.
Maintain your speed and pass the stopped streetcar.
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B.
Slow down and pass with caution while people are boarding.
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C.
Pass as soon as the streetcar's doors have closed.
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D.
Stay behind it until it moves or the people are safely away. Correct
The answer is "Stay behind it until it moves or the people are safely away."
Stay behind it until it moves again or the people are safely away. Always let streetcars and trains go first; do not try to pass them unless it is safe to do so. Passengers will run across lanes to catch a streetcar or train, so passing while people are loading or unloading creates pedestrian risk. Ending the wait at door-closure, as C does, substitutes a visual cue for the manual's condition that the streetcar move or the people be safely away.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Maintain your speed and pass the stopped streetcar.
Driving past a stopped streetcar or train that is loading passengers is unsafe and prohibited. The manual directs you to stay behind it until it moves again or the people are safely away. This answer reads 'do not try to pass a streetcar or train, unless it is safe to do so' as if any speed past a loading streetcar qualifies as safe.
B. Slow down and pass with caution while people are boarding.
Caution alone does not satisfy the rule for a streetcar or train stopped to load passengers. The manual directs you to stay behind it until it moves again or the people are safely away, because passengers will run across lanes to catch it. This answer applies the general 'watch for pedestrians and pass with caution' guidance to a loading stop, where the manual instead requires staying behind until the streetcar moves again or the people are safely away.
C. Pass as soon as the streetcar's doors have closed.
The wait ends when the streetcar moves again or the people are safely away, not when the doors close. Passengers may still be crossing lanes after the doors shut. This answer ends the wait at door-closure rather than when the streetcar moves again or the people are safely away as the manual requires.
This question tests your knowledge of Sharing the Road in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "Travelling Around Streetcars & Light Rail Trains, Let Streetcars and Trains Go First," p.65..
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