Oregon Law
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814.010Appropriate responses to traffic control devices 814.020Failure to obey traffic control device; penalty 814.030Failure to obey bridge or railroad signal; penalty 814.040Failure to yield to vehicle; penalty 814.050Failure to yield to ambulance or emergency vehicle; penalty 814.060Failure to use pedestrian tunnel or overhead crossing; penalty 814.070Improper position upon or improperly proceeding along highway; exceptions; penalty 814.072Issuance of permit to be upon or to proceed along highway 814.080Unlawful hitchhiking; penalty 814.090[1983 c.338 §560; 1995 c.383 §88; 1999 c.932 §1; repealed by 2005 c.63 §1] 814.092[1999 c.932 §2; repealed by 2005 c.63 §1] 814.100Rights of driver and passengers of disabled vehicle on freeway 814.110Rights for persons who are blind, who are deaf-blind or who have limited vision 814.120Unlawful use of white cane; penalty 814.130Passenger obstruction of driver; penalty 814.140Application of vehicle laws to animal on roadway 814.150Failure to perform duties of person in charge of livestock on highway; penalty 814.200Unlawful operation of motorcycle or moped; penalty 814.210Operation of moped on sidewalk or bicycle trail; penalty 814.220Motorcyclist clinging to another vehicle; penalty 814.230Moped operator or rider clinging to other vehicle; penalty 814.240Motorcycle or moped unlawful passing; penalty 814.250Moped or motorcycle operating more than two abreast; penalty 814.260Failure of moped operator to wear motorcycle helmet; penalty 814.269Failure of motorcycle operator to wear motorcycle helmet; penalty 814.270[1983 c.338 §696; 1985 c.16 §333; repealed by 1987 c.910 §7] 814.275Failure of motorcycle passenger to wear motorcycle helmet; penalty 814.280Endangering motorcycle passenger; penalty 814.290Exemptions from motorcycle helmet requirements 814.300[1983 c.338 §694; repealed by 1999 c.179 §1] 814.310Illegal alteration of moped; penalty 814.320Failure to display lighted headlights; exceptions; penalty 814.325Carrying passenger on motorcycle; penalty 814.330Carrying passenger on moped; penalty 814.340Riding as passenger on moped; penalty 814.400Application of vehicle laws to bicycles 814.405Status of electric assisted bicycle 814.410Unsafe operation of bicycle on sidewalk; penalty 814.414Improper entry into intersection controlled by stop sign; penalty 814.416Improper entry into intersection controlled by flashing red signal; penalty 814.420Failure to use bicycle lane or path; exceptions; penalty 814.430Improper use of lanes; exceptions; penalty 814.440Failure to signal turn; exceptions; penalty 814.450Unlawful load on bicycle; penalty 814.460Unlawful passengers on bicycle; penalty 814.470Failure to use bicycle seat; penalty 814.480Nonmotorized vehicle clinging to another vehicle; penalty 814.484Meaning of “bicycle” and “operating or riding on a highway.” 814.485Failure to wear protective headgear; penalty 814.486Endangering bicycle operator or passenger; penalty 814.487Exemptions from protective headgear requirements 814.488Citations; exemption from requirement to pay fine 814.489Use of evidence of lack of protective headgear on bicyclist 814.500Rights and duties of person riding motorized wheelchair on bicycle lane or path 814.510Application of vehicle laws to motor assisted scooters 814.512Unlawful operation of motor assisted scooter; penalty 814.514Failure of operator of motor assisted scooter to use bicycle lane or path; exception; penalty 814.516Prohibition on operation of motor assisted scooters in state parks 814.518Improper operation of motor assisted scooter on highway; exceptions; penalty 814.520Improper operation of motor assisted scooter in lane; exceptions; penalty 814.522Failure to signal; exception; penalty 814.524Unsafe operation of motor assisted scooter on sidewalk; penalty 814.526Unsafe operation of motor assisted scooter on bicycle path or lane; penalty 814.528Operation of motor assisted scooter in crosswalk; exception; penalty 814.530Carrying passenger on motor assisted scooter; penalty 814.532Operating motor assisted scooter with unlawful load; penalty 814.534Failure of motor assisted scooter operator to wear protective headgear; exception; penalty 814.536Endangering motor assisted scooter operator; penalty 814.550Application of vehicle laws to electric personal assistive mobility device 814.552Unsafe operation of electric personal assistive mobility device; penalty 814.554Local government and state agency regulation of operation of electric personal assistive mobility devices 814.600Failure of skateboarder, scooter rider or in-line skater to wear protective headgear; penalty

Chapter 814 — Pedestrians; Passengers; Livestock; Motorized Wheelchairs; Vehicles With Fewer Than Four Wheels

ORS 814.260 Failure of moped operator to wear motorcycle helmet; penalty

(1)

A person commits the offense of failure of a moped rider to wear a motorcycle helmet if the person:

(a)

Operates or rides on a moped; and

(b)

Is not wearing a motorcycle helmet.

(2)

Exemptions from this section are established under ORS 814.290.

(3)

This section does not permit passengers on mopeds in violation of ORS 814.330 or 814.340.

(4)

The offense described in this section, failure of a moped rider to wear a motorcycle helmet, is a Class D traffic violation.

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