At an ordinary intersection without a bike box, you intend to turn right at a circular red light. No sign or officer prohibits it. What must you do first?
Correct answer: Stop completely, then yield to pedestrians and conflicting traffic before turning if safe.
Oregon’s stated right-on-red exception requires a complete stop and yielding. Rolling through is not enough.
Source: Oregon Driver Manual 2026–2027, Form 735-37 (1-26), printed page 15, physical PDF page 23: Steady Circular Red. Current catalog-linked source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
A left-turn arrow is flashing yellow while an oncoming car approaches. What is required?
Correct answer: Yield and turn only when the path is safely clear.
A flashing yellow arrow permits a yielding, unprotected turn. It is not the same as a green protected-turn arrow.
Source: Oregon Driver Manual 2026–2027, Form 735-37 (1-26), printed page 16, physical PDF page 24: Flashing Yellow Arrow. Current catalog-linked source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
You approach a flashing red traffic light. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stop completely, then proceed cautiously after yielding as required.
Flashing red requires a full stop. After stopping, use the applicable right-of-way rules and enter only when safe.
Source: Oregon Driver Manual 2026–2027, Form 735-37 (1-26), printed page 15, physical PDF page 23: Flashing Red. Current catalog-linked source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
Your approach has a flashing yellow traffic light. What is the appropriate response?
Correct answer: Slow down and proceed with caution while checking the intersection.
Flashing yellow calls for caution, not a guarantee of a clear path. It differs from flashing red’s full-stop instruction.
Source: Oregon Driver Manual 2026–2027, Form 735-37 (1-26), printed page 16, physical PDF page 24: Flashing Yellow. Current catalog-linked source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
All traffic signals at an ordinary intersection are dark. No officer or temporary control directs traffic. How must you treat the intersection?
Correct answer: Treat it as an all-way stop, then proceed under the normal yielding rules.
A dark intersection signal requires a stop as at an all-way stop. Oregon's separate rule for an inactive freeway ramp meter does not apply here.
Source: Oregon Driver Manual 2026–2027, Form 735-37 (1-26), printed page 15, physical PDF page 23: Traffic Signals — dark signals; compare printed page 35, physical PDF page 43: inactive ramp meters. Current catalog-linked source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
The circular signal changes from green to steady yellow before you reach the intersection. You can stop safely before entering. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stop rather than accelerate into the intersection.
Stop before entering on steady yellow if you can do so safely. If you cannot stop safely, proceed carefully through.
Source: Oregon Driver Manual 2026–2027, Form 735-37 (1-26), printed page 15, physical PDF page 23: Steady Circular Yellow. Current catalog-linked source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
You approach on a two-way street and want to turn left into a one-way street carrying traffic left. No sign, officer or other restriction prohibits the turn. What does Oregon allow at the circular red light?
Correct answer: Turn after a complete stop and yielding when the way is safe.
Oregon permits an otherwise lawful turn into a one-way road on red after stopping and yielding. The approach need not itself be one-way.
Source: Oregon Driver Manual 2026–2027, Form 735-37 (1-26), printed page 40, physical PDF page 48: Turns — Two-Way Road to One-Way Road. Current catalog-linked source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
At an ordinary intersection without a bike box or a prohibition on turning, your right-turn arrow is steady red. What does Oregon permit?
Correct answer: The same otherwise permitted right turn as at a circular red, after stopping and yielding.
Oregon expressly allows the same permitted turns on a steady red arrow as on a steady circular red. Stop, yield and comply with any prohibition.
Source: Oregon Driver Manual 2026–2027, Form 735-37 (1-26), printed page 15, physical PDF page 23: Traffic Signals — Red Arrow. Current catalog-linked source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
A freeway ramp meter is dark because it is not operating, and there is no other stop control. Should you stop merely because the meter is dark?
Correct answer: No; continue the normal safe freeway-entry process and yield to freeway traffic.
Oregon distinguishes an inactive ramp meter from a dark intersection signal. Do not stop at the unused meter; the normal merging duties remain.
Source: Oregon Driver Manual 2026–2027, Form 735-37 (1-26), printed page 35, physical PDF page 43: Freeway Driving — Ramp meters. Current catalog-linked source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
Your lane's freeway ramp meter changes to green. How many vehicles may proceed on that green under the manual's ordinary rule?
Correct answer: One vehicle.
The ramp meter releases one vehicle each time that lane's green appears. After release, accelerate and merge safely.
Source: Oregon Driver Manual 2026–2027, Form 735-37 (1-26), printed page 35, physical PDF page 43: Freeway Driving — Ramp meters. Current catalog-linked source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
