May you make a U-turn at or on an Oregon railroad crossing?
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A.
Allowed if no train is currently approaching.
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B.
Prohibited at or on any railroad crossing. Correct
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C.
Allowed only at gated railroad crossings.
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D.
Allowed only if no warning lights are flashing.
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. The other items on the same list (signalized intersections without a permitting sign, mid-block locations within city limits, low-visibility stretches inside or outside city limits, and any location signed or marked against U-turns) are restrictions of their own; the railroad-crossing entry stands on its own and is unconditional. A U-turn into a crossing also risks getting trapped on the tracks, which is exactly the outcome the rule prevents.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Allowed if no train is currently approaching.
The prohibition is unconditional; the manual's bullet does not carve out a no-train-approaching exception. Misreading: Treats the rule as conditional on train presence. The manual lists railroad crossings flatly, with no train-approach qualifier.
C. Allowed only at gated railroad crossings.
The manual draws no distinction between gated and ungated crossings; the prohibition covers all of them. Misreading: Invents a gated-vs-ungated distinction the manual never makes; the U-turn bullet applies to every railroad crossing.
D. 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. Misreading: Confuses the separate rule about flashing red lights at crossings with the U-turn prohibition, which has no warning-light condition.
This question tests your knowledge of Turning in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "U-Turns," p.41..
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