Intersections — Oregon Permit Test

At a stop sign, steady red signal or flashing red signal you must stop before the marked stop line or crosswalk, and where there is neither, before the unmarked crossing area.

The line is not the point — the crossing is. Stopping past it puts the vehicle where somebody is walking.

At an intersection with a stop sign, steady red signal or flashing red signal, you must stop before the marked stop line or crosswalk, if there is one.

Even with a green light, do not enter an intersection unless there is room for your vehicle on the other side.

A vehicle stranded in the box blocks every direction when the light changes, and the driver who entered on green is the one at fault.

Even if you have a green light, do not enter an intersection unless there is room for your vehicle on the other side.

At an intersection with stop signs in all four directions it is common courtesy to let the driver who stopped first go first, and when in doubt you yield to the driver on your right.

Two drivers who each believe they arrived first need a tiebreak that does not depend on memory, and the right-hand rule is it.

At intersections with stop signs in all four directions, it is common courtesy to allow the driver who stops first to go first. When in doubt, yield to the driver on your right.

At intersections with two-way stop signs across from each other, the driver turning left yields the right of way to approaching or oncoming traffic going straight.

Both drivers stopped, so neither has priority from the sign — the turn across the other's path is what settles it.

At intersections with two-way stop signs across from each other, the driver turning left should yield the right of way to approaching or oncoming traffic going straight.

Approaching an intersection with no signs or signals, look left first, then front, then right, be prepared to stop, and yield to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching from your right.

Left first because that is the traffic that reaches you soonest, and the right-hand rule settles who goes when two arrive together.

Yield the right of way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching from your right.

A driver on a road that ends at a T intersection with no signs or signals must yield to drivers on the through road.

Your road stops and theirs does not, which is the whole of the rule — nothing about it depends on who arrived first.

If you are the driver on a road that ends at a “T” intersection with no signs or signals, you must yield to drivers on the through road.

After stopping, if you cannot see traffic coming from your left and right, pull forward slightly and scan the area; a defensive driver never assumes a stop sign or signal will stop approaching traffic.

Stopping where the view is blocked satisfies the sign and tells you nothing, so the second, creeping stop is the one that keeps you alive.

After stopping, if you are unable to see traffic coming from your left and right, slightly pull forward and scan the area.

Where must a driver stop at an intersection with a stop sign but no stop line or crosswalk?

Before the unmarked crossing area. The line is not the point — the crossing is. Stopping past it puts the vehicle where somebody is walking. 2026-2027 Oregon Driver Manual, p.42: “At an intersection with a stop sign, steady red signal or flashing red signal, you must stop before the marked stop line or crosswalk, if there is one.”