After coming to a complete stop at a red light in Oregon, in which of these situations is a turn against the red light NOT allowed?
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A.
Turning right onto a two-way road.
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B.
Turning right onto a one-way road running in your direction of travel.
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C.
Turning left from a one-way road onto a two-way road. Correct
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D.
Turning left from a one-way road onto another one-way road in the direction of traffic.
The answer is "Turning left from a one-way road onto a two-way road."
Oregon lets you make several turns against a red light after a complete stop, unless a sign forbids it: a right turn on red, a left turn from a one-way road onto another one-way road, and a left or right turn from a two-way road onto a one-way road. The one combination among these choices that Oregon does not allow on red is a left turn from a one-way road onto a two-way road. The manual states it directly: "It is illegal to execute a left turn onto a two-way road against a red light." For that turn you must wait for green. Test-takers who miss this usually pick D, recalling that lefts from a one-way road are fine on red and dropping the requirement that the road you enter also be one-way.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Turning right onto a two-way road.
That is the standard right-on-red, allowed in Oregon after a full stop unless a sign forbids it. This answer treats Oregon as a blanket 'no turn on red' state and forgets the standard right-on-red allowance.
B. Turning right onto a one-way road running in your direction of travel.
Oregon permits a right turn onto a one-way road moving in your direction after stopping, unless a sign forbids it. This answer assumes right-on-red applies only when entering a two-way road, not a one-way road.
D. Turning left from a one-way road onto another one-way road in the direction of traffic.
The manual says you may make this one-way-to-one-way left turn against a red light after stopping and yielding to traffic and pedestrians. This answer reads the rule as a blanket 'no left turns on red,' the safe default drivers fall back on when they cannot recall the one-way-to-one-way exception.
This question tests your knowledge of Traffic Lights in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "Turns," p.39..
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