Section 814.040 – Failure to yield to vehicle; penalty.
(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 […]
Section 814.050 – Failure to yield to ambulance or emergency vehicle; penalty.
(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 […]
Section 814.060 – Failure to use pedestrian tunnel or overhead crossing; penalty.
(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 […]
Section 814.070 – Improper position upon or improperly proceeding along highway; exceptions; penalty.
(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 […]
Section 814.072 – Issuance of permit to be upon or to proceed along highway.
(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 […]
Section 814.080 – Unlawful hitchhiking; penalty.
(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]
Section 814.100 – Rights of driver and passengers of disabled vehicle on freeway.
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]
Section 814.110 – Rights for persons who are blind, who are deaf-blind or who have limited vision.
(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 […]
Section 814.120 – Unlawful use of white cane; penalty.
(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 […]
Section 814.010 – Appropriate responses to traffic control devices.
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 […]