You're driving in downtown Portland and want to make a U-turn between two intersections. Is this legal?
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A.
Yes, after coming to a complete stop.
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B.
No, unless the road is posted at 35 mph or below.
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C.
No, U-turns are prohibited between intersections in a city. Correct
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D.
Yes, if there's a wide enough opening and no oncoming traffic.
The answer is "No, U-turns are prohibited between intersections in a city."
No. U-turns are prohibited between intersections in a city. The prohibition is locational, not conditional: it does not matter how wide the opening is, whether you stop first, or what the speed limit is. A appeals to drivers who reach for a complete stop as a cure-all, but stopping first does not unlock a maneuver the manual bans outright at that location.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Yes, after coming to a complete stop.
A complete stop does not make a prohibited U-turn legal. This answer treats stopping as a cure-all, but the manual prohibits the maneuver between intersections in a city outright; stopping first does not unlock it.
B. No, unless the road is posted at 35 mph or below.
The mid-block U-turn rule is not tied to a speed-limit threshold. This answer invents a speed-limit exception, but the manual ties the prohibition to location ('Between intersections in a city'), not posted speed.
D. Yes, if there's a wide enough opening and no oncoming traffic.
Mid-block U-turns within city limits are prohibited regardless of visibility or traffic. This answer treats U-turn legality as a visibility-and-traffic judgment, but the manual lists 'Between intersections in a city' as a flat prohibition.
This question tests your knowledge of Turning in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "U-Turns," p.41..
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