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Section 820.370 – Ambulance or emergency vehicle sirens.

(1) Subject to any other law or rule pursuant thereto relating to the noise of a vehicle, the Department of Transportation may prescribe required sirens or other audible signals for ambulances and emergency vehicles. The requirements established under this section may include, but are not limited to, numbers required, placement, audibility and inside indicators. (2) […]

Section 820.400 – Unlawful operation of implement of husbandry; penalty.

(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful operation of an implement of husbandry if the person operates an implement of husbandry in violation of any of the following: (a) Such vehicle must be driven as closely as is practicable to the right-hand edge of the roadbed, including the shoulders, if any. (b) Such vehicle, […]

Section 820.190 – Minor operating school vehicle; penalty.

(1) A person commits the offense of being a minor operating a school vehicle if the person is under 18 years of age and the person drives any of the following while it is in use for the transportation of pupils to or from school or an authorized school activity or function: (a) A school […]

Section 820.200 – Minor operating public passenger vehicle; penalty.

(1) A person commits the offense of being a minor operating a public passenger vehicle if the person is under 21 years of age and the person drives a motor vehicle while it is in use as a public passenger-carrying vehicle. (2) The offense described in this section, minor operating a public passenger vehicle, is […]

Section 820.210 – Registration exemptions for golf carts and similar vehicles.

(1) Golf carts operated in accordance with an ordinance adopted under ORS 810.070 are exempt from registration requirements under the vehicle code. (2) Golf carts or substantially similar vehicles that are operated by persons with disabilities at not more than 15 miles an hour are exempt from registration requirements under the vehicle code. (3) Notwithstanding […]

Section 820.220 – Operation of low-speed vehicle in prohibited area; penalty.

(1) A person commits the offense of operation of a low-speed vehicle in a prohibited area if the person is a person with a disability and the person operates a golf cart or substantially similar motor vehicle on any highway with a speed designation greater than 25 miles per hour. (2) The offense described in […]

Section 820.300 – Exemptions from traffic laws.

(1) Subject to conditions, limitations, prohibitions and penalties established for emergency vehicle and ambulance drivers under ORS 820.320, the driver of an emergency vehicle or ambulance may do any of the following: (a) Park or stand in disregard of a statute, regulation or ordinance prohibiting that parking or standing. (b) Proceed past a red signal […]