This section establishes appropriate pedestrian responses to specific traffic control devices for purposes of ORS 814.020. Authority to place traffic control devices is established under ORS 810.210. Except when acting under the direction of a police officer, a pedestrian is in violation of ORS 814.020 if the pedestrian makes a response to a traffic control […]
(1) A pedestrian commits the offense of pedestrian failure to obey traffic control devices if the pedestrian does any of the following: (a) Fails to obey any traffic control device specifically applicable to the pedestrian. (b) Fails to obey any specific traffic control device described in ORS 814.010 in the manner required by that section. […]
(1) A pedestrian commits the offense of pedestrian failure to obey bridge or railroad signal if the pedestrian does any of the following: (a) Enters or remains upon a bridge or approach to a bridge beyond the bridge signal, gate or barricade after a bridge operation signal has been given. (b) Passes through, around, over […]
(1) A pedestrian commits the offense of pedestrian failure to yield to a vehicle if the pedestrian does any of the following: (a) Suddenly leaves a curb or other place of safety and moves into the path of a vehicle that is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard. (b) Fails to yield the […]
(1) A pedestrian commits the offense of pedestrian failure to yield to an ambulance or emergency vehicle if the pedestrian does not yield the right of way to: (a) An ambulance used in an emergency situation; or (b) An emergency vehicle or an ambulance upon the approach of the vehicle using a visual signal or […]
(1) A pedestrian commits the offense of failure to use pedestrian tunnel or overhead crossing if the pedestrian crosses a roadway other than by means of a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing when a tunnel or overhead crossing serves the place where the pedestrian is crossing the roadway. (2) The offense described in this […]
(1) A pedestrian commits the offense of pedestrian with improper position upon or improperly proceeding along a highway if the pedestrian does any of the following: (a) Takes a position upon or proceeds along and upon the roadway where there is an adjacent usable sidewalk or shoulder. (b) Does not take a position upon or […]
(1) A road authority may issue a permit that authorizes a pedestrian or a group to be positioned upon or to proceed along a highway if the pedestrian or group shows to the satisfaction of the road authority: (a) Proof of liability insurance in an amount of not less than $1 million; and (b) That […]
(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful hitchhiking if the person is on a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride. (2) The offense described in this section, unlawful hitchhiking, is a Class D traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §559; 1995 c.383 §87]
On a freeway on which pedestrian traffic is prohibited, the driver and passengers of a disabled vehicle stopped on the freeway may walk to the nearest exit, in either direction, on that side of the freeway upon which the vehicle is disabled, from which telephone or motor vehicle repair services are available. [1983 c.338 §561]
(1) The following definitions apply to this section and to ORS 811.035 and 814.120: (a) “Blind” means visual acuity that does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with corrective lenses, or having a visual field of 20 degrees or less. (b) “Dog guide” means a dog that is wearing a dog guide harness and […]
(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of a white cane if the person uses or carries a white cane on the highways or any other public place of this state and the person is not a person who has limited vision or is not a person who is blind or a person […]
