Oregon driving lesson · Buses, Railroads & Special Situations
Slow Vehicles, Oversize Loads and Funerals
A 3-minute lesson from the Oregon course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Some vehicles follow special rules: farm equipment moving slowly, vehicles carrying loads that stick out, and funeral processions. Recognize the markings, give them room, and know what they're allowed to do that you aren't.
Slow moving vehicle emblem
A sign with a reflective red border and a fluorescent orange center. Slow moving vehicles, such as farm equipment, must show it on a public highway.
Funeral processions are exempt from certain rules: vehicles in the procession may enter an intersection without stopping and don't have to obey traffic control devices.
Other vehicles must yield the right of way to a funeral procession. It's against the law to join the procession or drive between its vehicles if you aren't part of it.
Your green light comes on, but a funeral procession is still moving through the intersection against its red. Wait: you must yield to the procession, and you may not cut between its cars.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
Your load extends 4 feet or more beyond the rear of your vehicle. What must be shown at the end of it?
A yellow flag at least 12 inches square
A red flag at least 12 inches square
An orange flag at least 18 inches square
A red flag at least 6 inches square
Answer: A red flag at least 12 inches square
A red flag at least 12 inches square must be shown at the end of any load extending 4 feet or more past the rear.
