Construction zones usually have reduced speed zones. Driving faster than the posted speed limit, or than it is safe for current conditions, on any road is dangerous and illegal. High speed increases your stopping distance. The faster you go, the less time you have to avoid a hazard or accident.
There are times when you must drive slowly because of heavy traffic or bad weather. However, if you block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic by driving too slowly, you may receive a ticket. Move to the right when another driver is close behind you and wishes to drive faster. When you drive a bus, tow a vehicle or trailer , or drive a truck with three or more axles, you will be traveling slower than other vehicles.
You must drive in the right-hand lane or in a lane specially marked for you. If no lanes are marked and there are four lanes in your direction, you may only drive in either of the two lanes closest to the right side of the road.
Within feet of a school, the speed limit is 25 mph while children are outside or crossing the street. No matter what the speed limit sign states, you should never drive faster than 25 mph when the school ground has no fence and children are outside. Some school buses flash yellow lights when the bus is preparing to stop and let children leave the bus.
This is a warning for you to prepare to stop. The speed limit is obvious. By their very definition, alleys can be no more than 25 feet wide. Driving hazards in alleys are abundant.
Going faster than 15 mph in an alley is simply unsafe. How about the 25 mph areas? There are four of them. A residential district is a section of highway upon which there are numerous dwelling houses fronting the road.
A significant number of the highways in Whittier are residential districts. Check the crosswalk and stop for pedestrians. Lane use control signs or pavement markings may be used to direct you into the correct lane before turning. If you are at an intersection and in the wrong lane to turn, go to the next intersection. It is safer to drive around the block than it is to risk a crash due to a last-minute lane or direction change. Get as near as you can to the right curb or edge of the road.
Just before entering the intersection, look to the left, to the front, to the right and to the left again for traffic. On a two-way road, approach the turn with your vehicle in the lane just to the right of the center line.
Just before entering the intersection, look to the left, to the front, to the right and to the left again for oncoming traffic and cross traffic.
Oregon law requires a driver to yield the right of way to oncoming traffic until it is safe to turn. Turn just before the imaginary center point in the intersection. Drive just to the right of the center line of the street you are entering.
It is illegal to execute a left turn onto a two-way road against a red light. If a left turn lane is provided, you must turn from that lane. Approach the turn in the traffic lane that is nearest the left curb. Turn into the nearest left lane for traffic on the road you are entering. You may make this turn against a red light after stopping and yielding to traffic and pedestrians.
Approach the turn in the traffic lane nearest the left curb. Turn into the lane just to the right of the center line. You cannot make this turn against a red light. Multiple lanes may turn in the same direction at the same time when lane use control signs or pavement markings permit it. Be sure to follow the pavement markings and stay in your lane when executing turns onto roadways with more lanes than the lane you are turning from.
Turning Error Examples. The general rule for turning is to turn from the nearest lane in the direction you are traveling to the nearest lane in the direction you want to go.
Avoid swinging wide or changing lanes while turning. Intersections controlled by a traffic signal, unless a sign permits the turn.
Between intersections in a city. Any location within city limits where your vehicle cannot be seen by traffic coming from either direction within feet. Any location outside city limits where your vehicle cannot be seen by traffic coming from either direction within 1, feet.
If any questions arise related to the information contained in the translated website, please refer to the English version. Google Translate is not support in your browser. To translate this page, please install the Google Toolbar opens in new window. California Driver Handbook. Section 14 of 28 Laws and Rules of the Road. New Laws.
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If you approach a pedestrian crossing at a corner or other crosswalk, even if the crosswalk is in the middle of the block, at a corner with or without traffic signal lights, whether or not the crosswalk is marked by painted lines, you are required to exercise caution and reduce your speed, or stop if necessary, to ensure the safety of the pedestrian.
Do not pass a vehicle stopped at a crosswalk. A pedestrian you cannot see may be crossing the street. Stop and proceed when all pedestrians have crossed the street. Do not drive on a sidewalk, except to cross it to enter or exit a driveway or alley.
When crossing, yield to all pedestrians. Do not stop in a crosswalk. You will place pedestrians in danger. Remember, if a pedestrian makes eye contact with you, they are ready to cross the street. Yield to the pedestrian. Allow sufficient time to cross the street for: Older pedestrians Disabled pedestrians Pedestrians with young children Obey signs pertaining to pedestrians. Follow this cue: When a blind person pulls in their cane and steps away from the intersection, this gesture usually means for you to go additional information regarding blind pedestrians can be found here.
Crosswalks A crosswalk is the part of the roadway set aside for pedestrian traffic. Intersections An intersection is any place where one line of roadway meets another roadway.
Yield to traffic and pedestrians already in the intersection or just entering the intersection.
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