Title 59, Oregon Vehicle Code

This section designates the bodies responsible for exercising jurisdiction over certain highways when the vehicle code requires the exercise of jurisdiction by the road authority. This section does not control where a specific section of the vehicle code specifically provides for…

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Oregon Vehicle Code, the Oregon Transportation Commission, by rule, may establish procedures for, and certify to the Federal Highway Administration compliance with, 23 C.F.R. part 658 for roads under the authority of cities and counties.…

(1) Each road authority may prohibit or restrict the use of a throughway in its jurisdiction by any of the following: (a) Parades. (b) Bicycles or other nonmotorized traffic. (c) Motorcycles or mopeds. (2) Regulation under this section becomes effective when appropriate signs giv…

A road authority, on its own highways, may allow a person to use a vehicle that is otherwise prohibited from operating on the highways of this state if: (1) The person is operating the vehicle in a parade; (2) The vehicle is operated with the approval of and under the conditions …

(1) A road authority may impose restrictions described under this section on its own highways as the road authority determines necessary to do any of the following: (a) Protect any highway or section of highway from being unduly damaged. (b) Protect the interest and safety of the…

Each road authority may designate any of its highways or any section of any of its highways as a truck route and may prohibit the operation of trucks, machinery or any other large or heavy vehicles upon any other of its highways that serves the same route or area served by the tr…

(1) If the board of county commissioners of a county finds that a segment of county road within the county demonstrates a safety concern, the board may designate that segment as a safety corridor. The board of county commissioners for each county may designate no more than two sa…

(1) The Department of Transportation may authorize the movement on highways under its jurisdiction of vehicles or combinations of vehicles of a size or weight in excess of the limits under ORS 818.020, 818.090 or 818.110 if federal law permits various states to establish size and…

A road authority shall adopt a rule, resolution or ordinance to allow vehicles or combinations of vehicles with a loaded weight in excess of the weight limitations established by Table III under ORS 818.010 or a length or width in excess of that authorized under ORS 818.080 and 8…

A road authority, on any of its own highways that are located adjacent to a golf course, may permit the operation of golf carts between the golf course and the place where golf carts are parked or stored or located within or bounded by a real estate development. All of the follow…

(1) Road authorities may regulate the movement of pedestrians upon highways within their jurisdictions by doing any of the following: (a) Establishing marked crosswalks and designating them by appropriate marking. (b) Closing a marked or unmarked crosswalk and prohibiting pedestr…

Bicycle racing is permitted on any highway in this state upon the approval of, and under conditions imposed by, the road authority for the highway on which the race is held. [1983 c.338 §153]

Each incorporated community within this state has power, by law or ordinance duly enacted, to regulate the use of its streets by horses and other animals to the extent that bridle paths may be designated upon certain streets and the animals may be prohibited on other streets. [19…

(1) Each road authority may do any of the following on its own highways: (a) Designate a main traveled or through highway by placing traffic control devices at the entrances to the highway from intersecting highways to notify drivers to stop or yield the right of way before enter…

(1) Each road authority may do the following on its own highways: (a) Determine where overtaking or passing or driving to the left of the center of the roadway would be especially hazardous; and (b) Establish zones on the roadway where overtaking or passing or driving to the left…

The Oregon Transportation Commission shall act as road authority under this section in lieu of the Department of Transportation. Each road authority may do any of the following on its own highways, subject to any limitations described: (1) Designate a highway or section or specif…

(1) Any road authority may designate lanes on its own highways that are to be used exclusively by buses or high occupancy-use passenger vehicles for the purpose of conserving energy and facilitating public transportation. (2) Any restriction or limitation imposed under this secti…

(1) Street drains, sewer drains, storm drains and other similar openings in a roadbed over which traffic must pass that are in any portion of a public way, highway, road, street, footpath or bicycle trail that is available for use by bicycle traffic shall be designed and installe…

Except as otherwise provided in this section, each road authority has exclusive authority to regulate, control or prohibit the stopping, standing and parking of vehicles upon its own highways. The Oregon Transportation Commission shall act as road authority under this section in …

(1) The Oregon Transportation Commission shall designate winter recreation parking locations throughout this state where parking is prohibited under ORS 811.590 except for vehicles exempted under that section and vehicles with winter recreation parking permits issued under ORS 81…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Designated speed” means the speed that is designated by a road authority as the maximum permissible speed for a highway and that may be different from the statutory speed for the highway. (b) “Statutory speed” means the speed that is established …

(1) The Oregon Transportation Commission may exercise the following authority with respect to the marking, signing and use of traffic control devices in this state: (a) The commission shall adopt a manual and specifications of uniform standards for traffic control devices consist…

(1) The Oregon Transportation Commission is vested with exclusive jurisdiction over the installation at railroad-highway grade crossings of signs, signals, gates, protective devices or any other device to warn or protect the public at a railroad-highway crossing. The commission i…

Any sign that is posted on a highway in this state that expresses a speed limit in kilometers per hour shall also show the speed limit in miles per hour. The limit in miles per hour shall be printed above the limit in kilometers per hour and shall be of equal size lettering. [199…

(1) The Oregon Transportation Commission shall adopt uniform standards for posting signs prohibiting the use of unmuffled engine brakes as described in ORS 811.492. (2) The commission is authorized to provide a uniform system of posting signs within the boundaries of the state. A…

Official traffic control devices placed or constructed by road authorities before June 27, 1975, are not required to conform to specifications and location criteria approved by the Oregon Transportation Commission. Any new or amended specifications approved by the commission unde…

(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful sign display if the person does any of the following: (a) Without authority under ORS 810.200 or 810.210, places, maintains or displays upon or in view of any highway any sign, signal, marking or device that: (A) Purports to be or is a…

(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful interference with a traffic control device or railroad sign if the person, without lawful authority and with criminal negligence, attempts to or does alter, deface, injure, knock down or remove any traffic control device or any railroa…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a flashing light used as a traffic control device to indicate that children may be arriving at or leaving school and operated to provide notice under ORS 811.111 or 811.235 may be operated only at times when children are s…

A road authority may post signs designed to give motorists notice of the provisions of ORS 811.235. The road authority may also develop procedures that enable individuals or entities to petition and pay for the erection of signs described in this section. [1997 c.682 §6]

A road authority shall place signs prior to each multilane roundabout located on a highway under its jurisdiction that warns drivers of the hazard of driving next to a commercial motor vehicle. [2011 c.85 §4]

(1) A person shall not be convicted of violating a provision of the vehicle code for which an official traffic control device is required if the device is not in proper position and legible to a reasonably observant person at the time and place of the alleged violation. (2) Whene…

(1) The Department of Transportation shall adopt standards for the installation, operation and use of traffic control signal operating devices authorized under ORS 815.445. In adopting standards, the department shall consider the impact of traffic control signal operating devices…

(1) A court, including a magistrate or clerk or deputy clerk authorized by the magistrate, shall release a person brought before it if the person gives an adequate undertaking to appear in answer to the offense at the time and place fixed by the court. A court, as it deems approp…

The current valid license of a person that is issued by this state is acceptable, when authorized under ORS 810.300, as a security deposit for a person on a traffic crime. The use of a license as security under this section is subject to all of the following: (1) Upon acceptance …

The unexpired guaranteed arrest bond certificate, as defined in ORS 742.372, of a member of an automobile club or automobile association is acceptable, when authorized under ORS 810.300, 810.448 or 810.450, as a security deposit for that member for any traffic crime, other than a…

The unexpired membership card of any member of an automobile association is acceptable as a security deposit for that member as provided under this section. The use of an unexpired membership card as security deposit is subject to the following: (1) The membership card may only b…

(1) All proceedings concerning traffic offenses shall conform to the provisions of the vehicle code and those provisions of ORS chapter 153 relating to traffic offenses. (2) All circuit courts, municipal courts and justices of the peace have concurrent jurisdiction, within their …

(1) For offenses described in this section, a court or judicial officer: (a) Shall make the owner or lessee of the vehicle a codefendant if appearance has not been made by the driver within 15 days of the date the driver was cited to appear in court. (b) May dismiss the charges a…

If a vehicle owner cited under ORS 810.425 to appear in a circuit or justice court upon an alleged parking offense fails to appear on or before the date and time stated on the citation, the court and the Department of Transportation may take such actions as are otherwise authoriz…

(1) Within the time required by this section of the conviction, every court with jurisdiction over the offenses described in this section shall forward to the Department of Transportation a record of the conviction of any person in such court for a violation of any of the followi…

(1) The judge or clerk of every court of this state having jurisdiction of any traffic offense, including all local and municipal judicial officers in this state: (a) Shall keep a full record of every case in which a person is charged with any such offense. (b) Shall send the Dep…

Any police officer attempting to enforce the traffic laws of this state shall be in uniform or shall conspicuously display an official identification card showing the officer’s lawful authority. [1983 c.338 §399]

(1) A police officer may arrest or issue a citation to a person for a traffic crime at any place within or outside the jurisdictional authority of the governmental unit by which the police officer is authorized to act as provided by ORS 133.235 and 133.310. (2) A police officer m…

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 810.410, a police officer may not initiate a traffic violation stop for unlawful use or failure to use lights under ORS 811.520 or operation without required lighting equipment under ORS 816.330 if the offense is based on the following circumstances: (a) A…

A law enforcement officer who comes to the scene of a collision described in ORS 811.700 may remove or direct the driver of a vehicle involved in the collision to remove from the roadway any vehicle, cargo or debris resulting from the collision. A person acting under the authorit…

(1) When the speed of a vehicle has been checked by a speed measuring device, the driver of the vehicle may be stopped, detained and issued a citation by a police officer if the officer is in uniform and has either: (a) Observed the recording of the speed of the vehicle by the de…

(1) In all prosecutions of the owner of a vehicle for violation of ORS 811.555 (1)(b), 811.570 (1)(b), 811.575 (1)(b) and 811.585 (1)(b), of any parking regulations prescribed under ORS 276.002 or of an applicable ordinance, it shall be sufficient for a police officer to charge t…

A police officer who finds a vehicle parked or standing upon a highway in violation of ORS 811.555 or 811.570 may move the vehicle, cause it to be moved or require the driver or person in charge of the vehicle to move it. The authority to move vehicles under this section is in ad…

(1) Any city may, at its own cost, operate cameras designed to photograph drivers who: (a) Violate ORS 811.265 by failing to obey a traffic control device; or (b) Violate the speed limit established in ORS 811.111 by 11 miles per hour or greater or violate the designated speed po…