A funeral procession is moving through an Oregon intersection ahead of you. What are you required to do?
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A.
Follow closely behind so you can clear the intersection.
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B.
Merge into the procession to keep traffic flowing.
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C.
Proceed normally; a procession has no special priority.
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D.
Yield right of way and do not drive between its vehicles. Correct
The answer is "Yield right of way and do not drive between its vehicles."
Funeral processions are exempt from certain rules of the road: they may enter an intersection without stopping and they do not have to obey traffic control devices. Your job is to yield to them. It is also against the law to join a procession you are not part of, or to drive between the vehicles in one. Merging in, as B proposes, is precisely what the law against joining a procession forbids.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Follow closely behind so you can clear the intersection.
Tailgating the procession does not make you part of it and does not earn you the exemption. This answer treats proximity as permission.
B. Merge into the procession to keep traffic flowing.
Joining a procession you are not part of is specifically illegal. This answer does the one thing the rule names.
C. Proceed normally; a procession has no special priority.
A procession does have priority. This answer ignores the yield requirement other vehicles are held to.
This question tests your knowledge of Sharing the Road in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "Funeral Processions," p.57..
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