Oregon Revised Statutes
A motor vehicle is subject to safety regulation under ORS 820.030 to 820.070, if the vehicle is furnished by an employer and is used to transport one or more workers to and from their places of employment. All of the following apply to this subsection: The employer must be an individual who employs or uses two or more workers. The workers employed or trans…
Vehicles used in transportation of persons for hire by a nonprofit entity are subject to safety regulation under ORS 820.030 to 820.070 in addition to worker transport vehicles subjected to such regulation under ORS 820.010.
The Department of Transportation shall make and enforce reasonable rules relating to vehicles described under ORS 820.010 and 820.020. Authority for enforcement of the rules is established under ORS 820.040 to 820.070. The rules shall be embodied in a safety code and the safety code is subject to all of the following: The safety code shall establish minimum…
The Department of Transportation, in enforcing the safety code established under ORS 820.030, may inspect any vehicle that is described under ORS 820.010 or 820.020. Upon request, the Superintendent of State Police shall assist the department in these inspections.
Whenever the Department of Transportation finds that a vehicle described under ORS 820.010 or 820.020 violates any provision of the safety code adopted under ORS 820.030 or an amendment thereto, the department shall make, enter and serve upon the owner of the vehicle any order necessary to protect the safety of persons transported in the vehicle. The depart…
The following vehicles shall be maintained in a safe condition and operated in a safe manner at all times: Vehicles described in ORS 820.010. This paragraph applies whether or not the vehicle is used upon a public highway. Vehicles described in ORS 820.020. A person commits the offense of owner violation of the worker transport vehicle safety code if the …
A person commits the offense of driver violation of worker transport vehicle safety code if the person, at any time, operates a vehicle described under ORS 820.010 or 820.020 in a manner that violates any provision of the safety code established under ORS 820.030 or any amendment thereto. The offense described in this section, driver violation of worker tra…
The State Board of Education shall adopt and enforce such reasonable standards relating to school bus and school activity vehicle construction and school bus and school activity vehicle equipment as the board deems necessary for safe and economical operation, except that the board may not authorize the use of school buses manufactured before April 1, 1977. …
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, school buses may be equipped with an octagonal shaped mechanical stop arm that indicates when the bus is stopped to load or unload passengers on a roadway. The stop arms authorized by this section shall be equipped with two alternately flashing red bus safety lights showing both to the front and rear of the bus. N…
The State Board of Education shall adopt and enforce rules to establish requirements of operation, qualifications or special training of drivers and special accident reports for school buses and school activity vehicles. The governing board of a public university listed in ORS 352.002 may adopt and enforce separate standards of the type described under this…
The State Board of Education shall adopt and enforce rules to provide for the inspection of school buses and school activity vehicles to assure that the vehicles are in compliance with requirements under standards and rules established under ORS 820.100 and 820.110, as applicable, and that the vehicles are safe for operation. The rules may include intervals …
The Department of Transportation shall issue registration for a school bus when notified that the vehicle conforms to applicable standards and rules under ORS 820.100 to 820.120 and that the vehicle is safe for operation on the highways. Notification required by this section shall be from: The State Board of Education or its authorized representative regard…
The Department of Transportation may revoke the registration of any school bus if the department determines that the vehicle: Is not maintained and operated in accordance with standards and rules applicable to the vehicle under ORS 820.100 to 820.120; or Is not safe for operation over or is not safely operated over the public highways.
The State Board of Education, by rule, may establish classes or types of vehicles that are not considered school buses or school activity vehicles for purposes of the Oregon Vehicle Code or classes of school buses or school activity vehicles that are not subject to regulation under the Oregon Vehicle Code either partially or completely. The governing board …
A person commits the offense of illegal display of school bus markings if the person displays the words “School Bus” on any vehicle unless the vehicle: Is used in transporting school children to or from school or an authorized school activity or function; and Complies with the applicable requirements under standards and rules established under ORS 820.100 …
A person commits the offense of improper school bus markings if the person displays the words “School Bus” on a vehicle without such words being marked in the front and in the rear in letters eight inches high or higher and of proportionate width. The offense described in this section, improper school bus markings, is a Class D traffic violation.
A person commits the offense of unsafe school vehicle operation if: The person operates or owns and causes or permits to be operated a school bus or school activity vehicle in a manner that is in violation of any standards and rules applicable to the vehicle that are adopted under ORS 820.100 to 820.120; The person owns or leases and causes or permits to b…
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 school bus. A school activity vehicle. A vehicle owned by a public or governmental a…
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. The offense described in this section, minor operating a public passenger vehicle, is a Class B traffic violation.
Golf carts operated in accordance with an ordinance adopted under ORS 810.070 are exempt from registration requirements under the vehicle code. 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. Notwithstanding any pr…
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. The offense described in this section, operation of low-speed vehicle in prohibite…
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: Park or stand in disregard of a statute, regulation or ordinance prohibiting that parking or standing. Proceed past a red signal or stop sign. …
A person commits the offense of illegal operation of an emergency vehicle or ambulance if the person is the driver of an emergency vehicle or ambulance and the person violates any of the following: The driver of an emergency vehicle or ambulance may only exercise privileges granted under ORS 820.300 when responding to an emergency call or when responding to…
A person commits the offense of failure to make, maintain and make available ambulance records if the person violates any of the following: When an ambulance is used in an emergency situation the driver of the ambulance, within 24 hours after such use, shall cause to be made and must sign a record that complies with ORS 820.340. The owner of any ambulance …
Records required under ORS 820.330 must contain all of the following: The time of day and the date when ambulance service was requested. The name of the ambulance driver and the name of the emergency medical services providers, as defined in ORS 682.025, who provided the service, one of whom may be the driver. The name and address of any individual to be …
Subject to any other law or rule pursuant thereto relating to lighting of a vehicle, the Department of Transportation may prescribe required warning lights for ambulances. The requirements established under this section may include, but are not limited to, numbers required, placement, visibility, rate of flash if applicable and inside indicators. Enforcemen…
A person commits the offense of illegal ambulance lighting equipment if the person drives or moves on any highway or owns and causes or knowingly permits to be driven or moved on any highway an ambulance that does not contain and is not at all times equipped with warning lights in proper condition and adjustment as required under ORS 820.350. This section d…
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.…
A person commits the offense of illegal ambulance or emergency vehicle sirens if the person drives or moves on any highway or owns and causes or knowingly permits to be driven or moved on any highway an ambulance or emergency vehicle that does not contain and is not at all times equipped with sirens or other audible signals in proper conditions and adjustmen…
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: Such vehicle must be driven as closely as is practicable to the right-hand edge of the roadbed, including the shoulders, if any. Such vehicle, if the movement of the vehicle occurs during the…
MANUFACTURED STRUCTURES
When a travel trailer or special use trailer ceases to be assessed under the ad valorem tax laws of this state as a manufactured structure under ORS 308.880, the trailer must be registered and licensed as a travel trailer or special use trailer.
A person commits the offense of violating trip permit requirements for manufactured structures if the person does any of the following: Moves a manufactured structure on a highway of this state without a trip permit for the movement. This paragraph does not apply to movements of manufactured structures by vehicle transporters as permitted under ORS 822.310.…
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