You're approaching an Oregon intersection and realize you're in the wrong lane to make the turn you want. What does the handbook tell you to do?
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A.
Stop in the intersection until you can change lanes.
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B.
Reverse to a position where you can change lanes.
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C.
Make the turn anyway: other drivers will adjust.
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D.
Continue to the next intersection and find another way around. Correct
The answer is "Continue to the next intersection and find another way around."
If you're in the wrong lane at an intersection, continue to the next one; the handbook is explicit that driving around the block is safer than risking a collision from a last-minute lane or direction change. That principle holds whenever a navigation mistake tempts a sudden cross-lane move. Answer C leans on the assumption that other drivers will adjust and yield, treating their courtesy as license for exactly the kind of abrupt maneuver the rule exists to prevent.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Stop in the intersection until you can change lanes.
Stopping in an intersection blocks traffic and is unsafe. This answer invents a stopping option the manual never offers; the rule is to continue to the next intersection, not to halt mid-intersection waiting for a lane change.
B. Reverse to a position where you can change lanes.
Reversing in or near an intersection is unsafe and not the rule. This answer substitutes reversing for the manual's instruction to go to the next intersection, exactly the kind of last-minute lane or direction change the rule is meant to prevent.
C. Make the turn anyway: other drivers will adjust.
Forcing a turn from the wrong lane risks a collision and is contrary to the handbook rule. This answer ignores the manual's directive to go to the next intersection and treats other drivers' yielding as license for a last-minute lane or direction change.
This question tests your knowledge of Turning in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "Turns & Intersections, Turns," p.39..
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