(1) The driver of a motor vehicle commits the offense of failure to remove a motor vehicle from the highway if, after an accident:
(a) The driver has not suffered any apparent personal injury;
(b) The motor vehicle is operable and does not require towing;
(c) It is safe to drive the motor vehicle to a designated parking area along the highway or shoulder of the highway; and
(d) The driver does not move the motor vehicle to a designated parking area along the highway or shoulder of the highway.
(2) The offense described in this section, failure to remove a motor vehicle from the highway, is a Class C traffic violation. [2007 c.664 §4]
Note: 811.717 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of the Oregon Vehicle Code or any chapter or series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
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