Oregon Class C Passenger Permit Practice Test
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At midday you drive onto a freeway on-ramp that has a ramp meter. All of the meter's lights are dark. No other cars are on the ramp. What should you do?
A approaches the stop line on an otherwise empty freeway ramp in daylight. Both heads of the Oregon ramp-meter assembly are dark; a large detail shows all five unlit lamps and its two official signs. B and C travel on the freeway with a clear gap between them.
Correct answer: Do not stop at the meter; keep speeding up on the ramp and merge into a safe gap.
Why
Ramp meters look like small traffic signals and let one car in each lane go on each green light, but they only operate at busy times. When a meter is on, obey it like any other signal and stop at its line on red. When it is dark, a stop is unnecessary and dangerous, because drivers behind you expect you to build speed for the merge.
Verified against Oregon Driver Manual · Ramp meters · p. 43, 42
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