Oregon Statutes - Chapter 811 - Rules of the Road for Drivers

• 811.005   Duty to exercise due care.
  None of the provisions of the vehicle code relieve a pedestrian from the duty to exercise due care or relieve a driver from the duty...
• 811.010   [1983 c.338 §544; 1985 c.16 §279; 2003 c.278 §1; repealed by 2005 c.746 §4]
• 811.015   Failure to obey traffic patrol member; penalty.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle commits the offense of failure to obey a traffic patrol member if: (a) A traffic patrol member makes a...
• 811.017   Failure to yield to traffic patrol member; penalty.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle commits the offense of failure to yield to a traffic patrol member if the driver fails to stop and...
• 811.020   Passing stopped vehicle at crosswalk; penalty.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle commits the offense of passing a stopped vehicle at a crosswalk if the driver: (a) Approaches from the rear...
• 811.025   Failure to yield to pedestrian on sidewalk; penalty.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle commits the offense of failure to yield to a pedestrian on a sidewalk if the driver does not yield...
• 811.028   Failure to stop and remain stopped for pedestrian; penalty.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle commits the offense of failure to stop and remain stopped for a pedestrian if the driver does not stop...
• 811.030   Driving through safety zone; penalty.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle commits the offense of driving through a safety zone if the driver at any time drives through or within...
• 811.035   Failure to stop and remain stopped for pedestrian who is blind; penalty.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle commits the offense of failure to stop and remain stopped for a pedestrian who is blind if the driver...
• 811.040   [1983 c.338 §550; 1985 c.16 §281; 2003 c.278 §4; repealed by 2005 c.746 §4]
• 811.045   [1983 c.338 §551; 2003 c.278 §5; repealed by 2005 c.746 §4]
• 811.050   Failure to yield to rider on bicycle lane; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure of a motor vehicle operator to yield to a rider on a bicycle lane if the person...
• 811.055   Failure to yield to bicyclist on sidewalk; penalty.
  (1) The driver of a motor vehicle commits the offense of failure to yield the right of way to a bicyclist on a sidewalk if...
• 811.060   Vehicular assault of bicyclist or pedestrian; penalty.
  (1) For the purposes of this section, “recklessly” has the meaning given that term in ORS 161.085. (2) A person commits the offense of vehicular...
• 811.065   Unsafe passing of person operating bicycle; penalty.
  (1) A driver of a motor vehicle commits the offense of unsafe passing of a person operating a bicycle if the driver violates any of...
• 811.100   Violation of basic speed rule; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of violating the basic speed rule if the person drives a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater...
• 811.105   Speeds that are evidence of basic rule violation.
  (1) Any speed in excess of a designated speed posted by authority granted under ORS 810.180 is prima facie evidence of violation of the basic...
• 811.106   Operation of flashing light indicating children in school zone.
  A flashing light used as a traffic control device to indicate that children may be arriving at or leaving school that is operated to give...
• 811.108   Relationship between speed limits and basic rule.
  (1) The speed limits established by ORS 811.111 do not authorize speeds higher than those required for compliance with the basic speed rule. (2) The...
• 811.109   Penalties for speed violations.
  (1) Violation of a specific speed limit imposed under law or of a posted speed limit is punishable as follows: (a) One to 10 miles...
• 811.110   [1983 c.338 §565; 1987 c.887 §11; 1991 c.185 §9; 1995 c.383 §15; 2001 c.176 §6; 2003 c.402 §36; repealed by 2003 c.819 §§19,20]
• 811.111   Violating a speed limit; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of violating a speed limit if the person: (a) Drives a vehicle on an interstate highway at a speed...
• 811.112   [1987 c.887 §4; 1995 c.383 §16; repealed by 2003 c.819 §19]
• 811.115   [1983 c.338 §566; 1985 c.420 §8; 1987 c.887 §12; 1989 c.457 §1; 1989 c.992 §19; 1995 c.383 §17; 1999 c.359 §9; repealed by 2003 c.819 §19]
• 811.120   [1983 c.338 §567; 1987 c.887 §13; 1995 c.383 §18; repealed by 2003 c.819 §19]
• 811.122   [1989 c.592 §2; repealed by 1991 c.728 §6]
• 811.123   [1991 c.728 §2; 1995 c.383 §19; 1995 c.558 §4; 1997 c.404 §6; 1997 c.438 §4; 2003 c.397 §8; repealed by 2003 c.819 §§19,21]
• 811.124   Meaning of “children are present” in ORS 811.111.
  For purposes of ORS 811.111, children are present at any time and on any day when: (1) Children are: (a) Occupying or walking within a...
• 811.125   Speed racing on highway; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of speed racing on a highway if, on a highway in this state, the person drives a vehicle or...
• 811.127   Organizing a speed racing event; penalty.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a person commits the offense of organizing a speed racing event if the person in...
• 811.130   Impeding traffic; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of impeding traffic if the person drives a motor vehicle or a combination of motor vehicles in a manner...
• 811.135   Careless driving; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of careless driving if the person drives any vehicle upon a highway or other premises described in this section...
• 811.140   Reckless driving; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of reckless driving if the person recklessly drives a vehicle upon a highway or other premises described in this...
• 811.145   Failure to yield to emergency vehicle or ambulance; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to yield to an emergency vehicle or ambulance if an ambulance or emergency vehicle that is using...
• 811.147   Failure to maintain safe distance from emergency vehicle or ambulance; penalty.
  (1) A person operating a motor vehicle commits the offense of failure to maintain a safe distance from an emergency vehicle or ambulance if the...
• 811.150   Interference with emergency vehicle or ambulance; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of interference with an emergency vehicle or ambulance if the person does any of the following: (a) Drives a...
• 811.155   Failure to stop for bus safety lights; penalty.
  (1) A driver commits the offense of failure to stop for bus safety lights if the driver meets or overtakes from either direction any vehicle...
• 811.157   Report by driver of violation of ORS 811.155; contents.
  (1) The driver of a school bus, worker transport bus or a bus issued a permit under ORS 818.260 may report a violation of ORS...
• 811.159   Law enforcement agency response to report of violation of ORS 811.155.
  Upon receipt of a report containing the information required by ORS 811.157 (2), the law enforcement agency shall determine the name and address of the...
• 811.160   Interference with rail fixed guideway system operation; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of interference with rail fixed guideway system operation if the person does any of the following: (a) Drives any...
• 811.165   Failure to stop for passenger loading of public transit vehicle; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to stop for passenger loading of a public transit vehicle if the person is the driver of...
• 811.167   Failure to yield right of way to transit bus; rules; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to yield the right of way to a transit bus entering traffic if the person does not...
• 811.170   Violation of open container law; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of violation of the open container law in a motor vehicle if the person does any of the following:...
• 811.172   Improperly disposing of human waste; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of improperly disposing of human waste if the person is operating or riding in a motor vehicle and the...
• 811.175   Violation driving while suspended or revoked; penalties.
  (1) A person commits the offense of violation driving while suspended or revoked if the person does any of the following: (a) Drives a motor...
• 811.180   Affirmative defenses.
  The following establishes affirmative defenses in prosecutions for driving while suspended or revoked in violation of ORS 811.175 or 811.182 and describes when the affirmative...
• 811.182   Criminal driving while suspended or revoked; penalties.
  (1) A person commits the offense of criminal driving while suspended or revoked if the person violates ORS 811.175 and the suspension or revocation is...
• 811.185   [1983 c.338 §600; 1985 c.16 §306; repealed by 1991 c.208 §1]
• 811.190   Operation with obstructing passenger; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of driver operation with obstructing passenger if the person is operating a vehicle when another person is in the...
• 811.195   Having passenger in trailer; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of having a passenger in a trailer if the person operates a vehicle on a highway while towing any...
• 811.200   Carrying dog on external part of vehicle; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of carrying a dog on the external part of a vehicle if the person carries a dog upon the...
• 811.205   Carrying minor on external part of vehicle; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of carrying a minor on an external part of a motor vehicle if the person carries any person under...
• 811.207   Legislative findings.
  The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) Oregon drivers look to the law in deciding how to restrain and protect children in motor vehicles. (2) The...
• 811.210   Failure to properly use safety belts; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to properly use safety belts if the person: (a) Operates a motor vehicle on the highways of...
• 811.215   Exemptions from safety belt requirements.
  ORS 811.210 does not apply to: (1) Privately owned commercial vehicles that are being used for the transportation of persons for compensation or profit. The...
• 811.220   Certificates of exemption from safety belt requirement.
  The Director of Transportation shall issue a certificate of exemption required under ORS 811.215 for any person on whose behalf a statement signed by a...
• 811.225   Failure to maintain safety belts in working order; penalty.
  (1) The registered owner of a motor vehicle commits the offense of failure of an owner to maintain safety belts in working order if: (a)...
• 811.230   Definitions; fine; notice.
  (1) As used in ORS 811.230, 811.231, 811.232 and 811.233: (a) “Flagger” means a person who controls the movement of vehicular traffic through construction projects...
• 811.231   Reckless endangerment of highway workers; penalties.
  (1) A person commits the offense of reckless endangerment of highway workers if the person drives a motor vehicle in a highway work zone in...
• 811.232   Refusing to obey flagger; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of refusing to obey a flagger if the person intentionally and unreasonably disobeys a lawful order by a flagger...
• 811.233   Failure to yield right of way to highway worker; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to yield the right of way to a highway worker who is a pedestrian if the person...
• 811.235   Fine for traffic offenses in school zones.
  (1)(a) If signs authorized by ORS 810.245 are posted, the base fine amount for a person charged with an offense that is listed in subsection...
• 811.250   Law applicable to vehicles registered out of state.
  Any out-of-state registered vehicle is subject to all laws, rules and regulations governing the operation of such vehicles on the highways of this state. [1983...
• 811.255   Permitting unlawful operation of vehicle; penalty.
  (1) A person who is an owner, lessor or lessee of a motor vehicle or who employs or otherwise directs the driver of a motor...
• 811.260   Appropriate driver responses to traffic control devices.
  This section establishes appropriate driver responses to specific traffic control devices for purposes of ORS 811.265. Authority to place traffic control devices is established under...
• 811.265   Failure to obey traffic control device; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of driver failure to obey traffic control device if the person drives a vehicle and the person does any...
• 811.270   Failure to obey one-way designation; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to obey a one-way designation if the person is operating a vehicle and the person proceeds upon...
• 811.275   Failure to yield right of way at uncontrolled intersection; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to yield the right of way at an uncontrolled intersection if the person is operating a motor...
• 811.277   Failure to yield right of way at uncontrolled T intersection; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to yield the right of way at an uncontrolled T intersection if the person is operating a...
• 811.280   Failure of driver entering roadway to yield right of way; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure of a driver entering a roadway to yield the right of way if the person: (a) Is...
• 811.285   Failure of merging driver to yield right of way; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure of a merging driver to yield the right of way if the person is operating a vehicle...
• 811.290   Obstructing cross traffic; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of obstructing cross traffic if the person is operating a vehicle and the person enters an intersection or a...
• 811.292   Failure to yield right of way within roundabout; exception; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to yield right of way within a roundabout if the person operates a motor vehicle upon a...
• 811.295   Failure to drive on right; exceptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to drive on the right if the person is operating a vehicle on a roadway of sufficient...
• 811.300   Failure to drive on right of approaching vehicle; exceptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to drive on the right of an approaching vehicle if the person is operating a vehicle upon...
• 811.305   Driving on left on curve or grade or at intersection or rail crossing; exceptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of driving on the left on a curve or grade or at an intersection or rail crossing if the...
• 811.310   Crossing center line on two-way, four-lane road; exceptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of crossing the center line on a two-way, four-lane road if the person is operating a vehicle on a...
• 811.315   Failure of slow driver to drive on right; exceptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure of a slow driver to drive on the right if the person is operating a vehicle upon...
• 811.320   Failure to drive to right on divided highway; exceptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to drive to the right on a divided highway if the person is operating a vehicle upon...
• 811.325   Failure to keep camper, trailer or truck in right lane; exceptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to keep a camper, trailer or truck in the right lane if the person is operating any...
• 811.330   Driving wrong way around traffic island; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of driving the wrong way around a traffic island if the person is operating a vehicle and the person...
• 811.335   Unlawful or unsignaled turn; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of making an unlawful or unsignaled turn if the person is operating a vehicle upon a highway and the...
• 811.340   Improperly executed left turn; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of making an improperly executed left turn if the person operates a vehicle and is intending to turn the...
• 811.345   Failure to use special left turn lane; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to use a special left turn lane if the person is operating a vehicle where a special...
• 811.346   Misuse of special left turn lane; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of misuse of a special left turn lane if the person uses a special left turn lane for anything...
• 811.350   Dangerous left turn; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of making a dangerous left turn if the person: (a) Is operating a vehicle; (b) Intends to turn the...
• 811.355   Improperly executed right turn; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of making an improperly executed right turn if the person is operating a vehicle, is intending to turn the...
• 811.360   When vehicle turn permitted at stop light; improper turn at stop light; penalty.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle, subject to this section, who is intending to turn at an intersection where there is a traffic control device...
• 811.365   Illegal U-turn; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of making an illegal U-turn if the person is operating a vehicle and the person turns the vehicle so...
• 811.370   Failure to drive within lane; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to drive within a lane if the person is operating a vehicle upon a roadway that is...
• 811.375   Unlawful or unsignaled change of lane; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of unlawful or unsignaled change of lanes if the person is operating a vehicle upon a highway and the...
• 811.380   Improper use of center lane on three-lane road; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of improper use of the center lane on a three-lane road if the person is operating a vehicle upon...
• 811.385   Depriving motorcycle or moped of full lane; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of depriving a motorcycle or moped of a full lane if the person operates a motor vehicle upon a...
• 811.390   Unlawful use of lights to signal for passing; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of lights to signal for passing if the person is operating a vehicle and the person...
• 811.395   Appropriate signals for stopping, turning, changing lanes and decelerating.
  This section establishes appropriate signals, for purposes of the vehicle code, for use when signals are required while stopping, turning, changing lanes or suddenly decelerating...
• 811.400   Failure to use appropriate signal for turn, lane change, stop or exit from roundabout; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to use an appropriate signal for a turn, lane change or stop or for an exit from...
• 811.405   Failure to signal with lights; exceptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to signal with lights when required if a person is operating a vehicle and does not use...
• 811.410   Unsafe passing on left; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of unsafe passing on the left if the person violates any of the following requirements concerning the overtaking and...
• 811.415   Unsafe passing on right; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of unsafe passing on the right if the person: (a) Drives a vehicle to overtake and pass upon the...
• 811.420   Passing in no passing zone; exceptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of passing in a no passing zone if the person drives a vehicle on the left side of a...
• 811.425   Failure of slower driver to yield to overtaking vehicle; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure of a slower driver to yield to overtaking vehicle if the person is driving a vehicle and...
• 811.430   Driving on highway divider; exceptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of driving on a highway divider if the person drives a vehicle over, across or within a dividing space,...
• 811.435   Operation of motor vehicle on bicycle trail; exemptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of operation of a motor vehicle on a bicycle trail if the person operates a motor vehicle upon a...
• 811.440   When motor vehicles may operate on bicycle lane.
  This section provides exemptions from the prohibitions under ORS 811.435 and 814.210 against operating motor vehicles on bicycle lanes and paths. The following vehicles are...
• 811.445   Use of throughway when prohibited; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of use of a throughway when prohibited if any use restrictions or prohibitions are posted by appropriate signs giving...
• 811.450   Violation of posted truck routes; defense; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of violation of posted truck routes if appropriate signs designating truck routes are posted and the person does not...
• 811.455   Failure to stop for railroad signal; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to stop for a railroad signal if the person fails to comply with any of the following...
• 811.460   Failure to follow rail crossing procedures for high-risk vehicles; application; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to follow rail crossing procedures for high-risk vehicles if the person takes any vehicle described in this...
• 811.462   Failure of operator of commercial motor vehicle to slow down and check tracks; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure of the operator of a commercial motor vehicle to slow down and check that tracks are clear...
• 811.465   Exemptions from high-risk vehicle rail crossing procedures.
  This section establishes exemptions from the special crossing procedures established for high-risk vehicles under ORS 811.460. The exemptions are partial or complete as described in...
• 811.470   Improper movement of heavy equipment across rail crossing; application; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of improper movement of heavy equipment across a rail crossing if the person operates or moves any equipment described...
• 811.475   Obstructing rail crossing; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of obstructing a rail crossing if the person is operating a vehicle and the person does either of the...
• 811.480   Illegal backing; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of illegal backing if the person backs a vehicle the person is driving when it is not safe to...
• 811.483   Safety corridors; penalty.
  (1) The Department of Transportation shall post signs in safety corridors chosen by the department indicating that fines for traffic offenses committed in those safety...
• 811.485   Following too closely; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of following too closely if the person does any of the following: (a) Drives a motor vehicle so as...
• 811.490   Improper opening or leaving open of vehicle door; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of improper opening or leaving open a vehicle door if the person does any of the following: (a) Opens...
• 811.492   Engine braking; penalty; exception.
  (1) A person commits the offense of engine braking if the person is operating a motor vehicle on a highway and uses an unmuffled engine...
• 811.495   Unlawful coasting on downgrade; exception; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of unlawful coasting on a downgrade if the person is the driver of a vehicle on a downgrade and...
• 811.500   Unlawful stop or deceleration; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of unlawful stop or deceleration if the person is operating a vehicle and the person stops or suddenly decreases...
• 811.505   Failure to stop when emerging from alley, driveway or building; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to stop when emerging from an alley, driveway or building if the person is operating a vehicle...
• 811.507   Operating motor vehicle while using mobile communication device; penalty.
  (1) A person under 18 years of age commits the offense of operating a motor vehicle while using a mobile communication device if the person,...
• 811.510   Dangerous operation around livestock; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of dangerous operation around livestock if the person is operating a vehicle upon a highway and the person fails...
• 811.512   Unlawfully operating low-speed vehicle on highway; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of unlawfully operating a low-speed vehicle on a highway if the person operates a low-speed vehicle on a highway...
• 811.514   Unlawfully operating racing activity vehicle on highway; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of unlawfully operating a racing activity vehicle on a highway if the person operates a racing activity vehicle on...
• 811.515   When lights must be displayed; kind of light; number; direction; use on certain vehicles.
  This section establishes requirements for ORS 811.520. Except where an exemption under ORS 811.525 specifically provides otherwise, a vehicle that does not comply with this...
• 811.520   Unlawful use or failure to use lights; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of unlawful use or failure to use lights if the person does any of the following: (a) Drives or...
• 811.525   Exemptions from requirements for use of lights.
  This section establishes exemptions from ORS 811.515 and 811.520. The exemptions under this section are in addition to any exemptions under ORS 801.026. The exemptions...
• 811.526   Safety campaign for use of headlights.
  The Department of Transportation shall conduct a safety campaign to educate people about the advantages of using headlights in fog or rain or when driving...
• 811.530   Failure to post warnings for disabled vehicle; application; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to post warnings for a disabled vehicle if the person is the driver, or other person in...
• 811.535   Failing to obey police officer; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failing to obey a police officer if the person refuses or fails to comply with any lawful order,...
• 811.540   Fleeing or attempting to elude police officer; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the crime of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer if: (a) The person is operating a motor vehicle; and...
• 811.550   Places where stopping, standing and parking prohibited.
  This section establishes places where stopping, standing and parking a vehicle are prohibited for purposes of the penalties under ORS 811.555. Except as provided under...
• 811.555   Illegal stopping, standing or parking; affirmative defense; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of illegal stopping, standing or parking if: (a) The person stops, parks or leaves standing a vehicle in a...
• 811.560   Exemptions from prohibitions on stopping, standing and parking.
  This section provides exemptions from ORS 811.550 and 811.555. The following exemptions are applicable as provided under ORS 811.550: (1) When applicable, this subsection exempts...
• 811.565   Dangerous movement of stopped, standing or parked vehicle; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of dangerous movement of a stopped, standing or parked vehicle if the person moves a vehicle so stopped, standing...
• 811.570   Improperly positioning parallel parked vehicle; exception; affirmative defense; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of improperly positioning a parallel parked vehicle if: (a) The person stops or parks a vehicle on a highway...
• 811.575   Violation of posted parking restrictions on state highways; affirmative defense; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of violation of posted parking restrictions on state highways if appropriate signs or markings are posted giving notice of...
• 811.580   Parking vehicle on state highway for vending purposes; penalty.
  (1) A driver commits the offense of unlawful parking for vending purposes if the person parks or leaves standing a vehicle on a right of...
• 811.585   Failure to secure motor vehicle; affirmative defense; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to secure a motor vehicle if the person is driving or is in charge of a motor...
• 811.590   Unlawful parking in winter recreation parking area; exemptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of unlawful parking in a winter recreation parking area if the person parks a vehicle in a location designated...
• 811.595   Winter recreation parking permit; rules; fees.
  A winter recreation parking permit is a vehicle permit that is issued as evidence of a grant of authority to park a vehicle in a...
• 811.600   Fees for winter recreation parking permits.
  The Oregon Transportation Commission shall set the fees for issuance of a winter recreation parking permit issued under ORS 811.595 by rule. The commission shall...
• 811.602   Disabled person parking permit; content; rules.
  (1) A disabled person parking permit is a means of identifying vehicles being used to exercise the parking privileges described in ORS 811.635. The following...
• 811.603   Identification card without photograph; issuance; rules.
  (1) The Department of Transportation shall issue an identification card without a photograph to an applicant for a disabled person parking permit if the applicant...
• 811.604   Application for disabled person parking permit.
  (1) Application for issuance of a disabled person parking permit in the form of an individual placard or decal issued under ORS 811.602 shall include:...
• 811.605   Contents of individual placard or decal.
  (1) An applicant for an individual placard or decal issued by the Department of Transportation under ORS 811.602 must have a driver license, a disability...
• 811.606   Parking permit for person with temporary disability.
  The Department of Transportation may issue a placard showing an expiration date not to exceed six months after the date of issuance for use by...
• 811.607   Program placards; rules.
  The Department of Transportation shall issue disabled person parking permits in the form of program placards for use on vehicles that are regularly used as...
• 811.608   [1987 c.187 §10; repealed by 1989 c.243 §18]
• 811.609   Family placards.
  The Department of Transportation shall issue disabled person parking permits in the form of family placards for use on vehicles that are regularly used by...
• 811.610   [1985 c.246 §2; repealed by 1991 c.741 §7]
• 811.611   Foreign visitor placard.
  (1) The Department of Transportation may issue a disabled person parking permit in the form of a placard to a person who is visiting from...
• 811.612   Maintenance of privileges after relocation.
  To maintain disabled person parking privileges after relocation, a person who relocates to Oregon and who holds a disabled person parking permit from another state...
• 811.613   Wheelchair User placard; rules.
  (1) The Department of Transportation shall issue a “Wheelchair User” disabled person parking permit in the form of a “Wheelchair User” placard or decal for...
• 811.615   Unlawful parking in space reserved for persons with disabilities; exceptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of unlawful parking in a space reserved for persons with disabilities if: (a) The person parks a vehicle in...
• 811.617   Blocking parking space reserved for persons with disabilities; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of blocking a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities if the person: (a) Stops or parks a vehicle...
• 811.620   Removal of vehicle illegally parked in space reserved for persons with disabilities.
  If a vehicle is illegally parked in violation of ORS 811.615, the vehicle may be removed and, if notice required under subsection (3) of this...
• 811.625   Unlawful use of disabled person parking permit; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of a disabled person parking permit if the person: (a) Is not a person with a...
• 811.627   Use of invalid disabled person parking permit; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of use of an invalid disabled person parking permit if the person uses a permit that is not a...
• 811.630   Misuse of program placard; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of misuse of a program placard if the person: (a) Is the driver of a vehicle that is being...
• 811.632   Appointment of volunteers to issue citations.
  (1) A law enforcement agency authorized to enforce parking laws may appoint volunteers to issue citations for violations of ORS 811.615, 811.617, 811.625 and 811.630,...
• 811.635   Privileges granted by disabled person parking permit other than program placard.
  All of the following apply to the parking privileges granted to persons with disabilities under a disabled person parking permit other than a program placard...
• 811.637   Privileges granted by program placards.
  (1) Notwithstanding ORS 811.635, a program placard described under ORS 811.607 confers only the following privileges: (a) It authorizes the driver of a vehicle that...
• 811.640   [1983 c.338 §684(2); 1985 c.16 §329(2); 1985 c.139 §5(2); 1987 c.187 §11; 1989 c.243 §14; 1991 c.741 §5; 1995 c.462 §3; 1997 c.680 §3; 1999 c.91 §6; repealed by 2001 c.827 §18]
• 811.700   Failure to perform duties of driver when property is damaged; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to perform the duties of a driver when property is damaged if the person is the driver...
• 811.705   Failure to perform duties of driver to injured persons; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to perform the duties of a driver to injured persons if the person is the driver of...
• 811.706   Money damages resulting from violation of ORS 811.700 or 811.705.
  When a person is convicted of violating ORS 811.700 or 811.705, the court, in addition to any other sentence it may impose, may order the...
• 811.707   Crime classification for violation of ORS 811.705.
  The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission shall classify the crime of failure to perform the duties of a driver to injured persons as crime category 8...
• 811.710   Failure to perform duties of driver when animal is injured; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to perform the duties of a driver when an animal is injured if the person knowingly strikes...
• 811.715   Failure to perform duties of witness to accident; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to perform the duties of a witness to an accident if the person: (a) Witnesses an accident...
• 811.717   Failure to remove motor vehicle from highway; penalty.
  (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)...
• 811.720   When accident must be reported.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, any accident occurring on a highway or upon premises open to the public resulting in...
• 811.725   Driver failure to report accident; penalty.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle commits the offense of driver failure to report an accident if the driver does any of the following: (a)...
• 811.730   Owner failure to report accident; penalty.
  (1) The owner of a vehicle commits the offense of owner failure to report an accident if the owner does any of the following: (a)...
• 811.735   Failure of vehicle occupant to make accident report; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure of a vehicle occupant to make an accident report if: (a) The person is an occupant, other...
• 811.740   False accident report; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of giving a false accident report if the person gives information in any report required under ORS 811.725 or...
• 811.800   Operation of funeral vehicles with improper lights; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of operation of a funeral escort vehicle or a funeral lead vehicle with improper lights if the person: (a)...
• 811.802   Failure to yield right of way to funeral procession; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to yield the right of way to a funeral procession if the funeral procession is accompanied by...
• 811.804   Intersection rules for funeral processions.
  (1) While exercising due caution regarding the safety of others, notwithstanding any traffic control device, right of way provisions or other provisions of the Oregon...
• 811.806   Exceeding maximum speed for funeral procession; penalty.
  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person commits the offense of exceeding the maximum speed for a funeral procession if: (a) The person...
• 811.808   Exemption from speed limits for funeral escort vehicle.
  Notwithstanding ORS 811.111 or 811.295, while overtaking the funeral procession in order to direct traffic at the next intersection, the funeral escort vehicle may exceed...
• 811.810   Disrupting funeral procession; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of disrupting a funeral procession if: (a) The person is driving a vehicle that is not a member of...
• 811.812   Free passage for funeral procession vehicles.
  Any person or vehicle participating in a funeral procession shall be allowed to pass free through all tollgates, tunnels, toll bridges and ferries. [1991 c.482...

Last modified: August 7, 2008