May you make a U-turn at or on an Oregon railroad crossing?
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A.
Allowed only at gated railroad crossings.
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B.
Prohibited at or on any railroad crossing. Correct
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C.
Allowed only if no warning lights are flashing.
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D.
Allowed if no train is currently approaching.
The answer is "Prohibited at or on any railroad crossing."
No. The Oregon Driver Manual's U-turn list flatly prohibits U-turns at or on a railroad crossing, with no exception for whether a train is approaching, whether the crossing is gated, or whether warning lights are flashing. That entry stands on its own; unlike the other U-turn restrictions the manual groups with it (intersections without signals, mid-block within city limits, low-visibility stretches, and posted no-U-turn locations), it carries no qualifier, and a U-turn into a crossing risks the very outcome the rule prevents: getting trapped on the tracks. A driver drawn to C is carrying over the flashing-red-light stopping rule at crossings and reading it as a U-turn condition, when warning lights govern only stopping.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Allowed only at gated railroad crossings.
The manual draws no distinction between gated and ungated crossings; the prohibition covers all of them. This answer invents a gated-vs-ungated distinction the manual never makes; the U-turn bullet applies to every railroad crossing.
C. Allowed only if no warning lights are flashing.
The prohibition is not conditioned on warning-light state; flashing lights govern stopping, not whether a U-turn becomes legal. This answer confuses the separate rule about flashing red lights at crossings with the U-turn prohibition, which has no warning-light condition.
D. Allowed if no train is currently approaching.
The prohibition is unconditional; the manual's bullet does not carve out a no-train-approaching exception. This answer treats the rule as conditional on train presence. The manual lists railroad crossings flatly, with no train-approach qualifier.
This question tests your knowledge of Turning in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "U-Turns," p.41..
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