Rules of the Road for Drivers
Speed racing on highway
- penalty
Notes of Decisions
Under Former Similar Statute
Legislature has sufficiently differentiated speed racing from DUII and traffic infraction of failure to perform duties involved in accident causing property damage and defendant was properly tried under preponderance of evidence burden of proof provided by this section. State v. Walter, 36 Or App 303, 585 P2d 356 (1978), Sup Ct review denied
See also annotations under ORS chapter 483 in permanent edition.
Notes of Decisions
Under Former Similar Statute
A party in violation of a motor vehicle statute is negligent as a matter of law unless he introduces evidence from which the trier of fact could find that he was acting as a reasonably prudent person under the circumstances. Barnum v. Williams, 264 Or 71, 504 P2d 122 (1972)
Law Review Citations
Under Former Similar Statute
10 WLJ 207 (1974)