Bicycles — Oregon Permit Test
Bicycles on the Oregon permit test — 6 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Do not drive or park in a bike lane; you may cross one when turning or when entering or leaving an alley, driveway or private road, and you must not move into or travel in a bike lane in preparation for a turn.
Crossing takes a moment and is expected; traveling in it puts you where a cyclist has nowhere else to go.
Do not drive or park in a bike lane. You may cross a bike lane when turning or when entering or leaving an alley, driveway, or private road.
At speeds greater than 35 mph you may only pass a person on a bicycle traveling in your lane if you leave enough distance to prevent contact with them if they were to fall.
The measure is the rider's full height, because that is the space they occupy if a pothole puts them down as you pass.
At speeds greater than 35 mph, you may only pass a person on a bicycle traveling in your lane if you leave enough distance to prevent contact with the person riding a bicycle if they were to fall.
The same rules for passing other vehicles apply to passing people riding bicycles, and if you cannot pass safely you must slow down and remain behind the bicycle until it is safe.
A bicycle is not an exception that lets you squeeze by in a no-passing zone — the zone applies to passing it too.
If you cannot pass safely, you must slow down and remain behind the bicycle until it is safe to pass.
Operators of motorized wheelchairs, scooters and personal assistive mobility devices are permitted to use bike lanes and paths, and you must yield to them as you would a person riding a bicycle.
The bike lane carries more than bicycles, and the duty to yield does not change with what somebody is riding.
Operators of motorized wheelchairs, scooters, and personal assistive mobility devices are permitted to use bike lanes and paths. You must yield to these operators as you would a person riding a bicycle.
At a bike box you must stop for the traffic signal behind the box rather than in it, no right turns are allowed there when the signal is red, and turning right on green you must signal and yield to people riding bicycles on your right.
The box exists so riders can wait in front of you where you can see them, and stopping in it takes that away.
As a driver, you must stop for a traffic signal behind the bike box. Do not stop in the box.
A sharrow indicates that the lane is shared and people riding bicycles may be in the road.
There is no separate lane here, so a rider taking the middle of yours is using the road as marked.
A sharrow indicates that the lane is shared and people riding bicycles may be in the road.
On the test
When may a driver enter a bike lane in Oregon?
To cross it when turning or using a driveway or alley. Crossing takes a moment and is expected; traveling in it puts you where a cyclist has nowhere else to go. 2026-2027 Oregon Driver Manual, p.50: “Do not drive or park in a bike lane. You may cross a bike lane when turning or when entering or leaving an alley, driveway, or private road.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against 2026-2027 Oregon Driver Manual, published by the Oregon Department of Transportation, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-15.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/OR.pdf (2026-2027 Oregon Driver Manual, ODOT form 37, retrieved 2026-09-14)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/OR.pages.txt (pdftotext without -layout over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 8, nonLawPages, extraction flag and its basis)