Rules of the Road for Drivers
Failure to drive within lane
- exception
- penalty
Notes of Decisions
For violation to exist, failure to stay within single lane of travel must be result of act or omission within control of driver. Frasier v. DMV, 172 Or App 215, 17 P3d 582 (2001)
Center line of roadway is not part of traffic lane for purposes of operating vehicle within single lane. State v. McBroom, 179 Or App 120, 39 P3d 226 (2002), Sup Ct review denied
Use of phrase "as nearly as practicable entirely within a single lane" requires drivers to have some valid reason not to keep vehicle entirely within lane to avoid violation of this section. State v. Rosling, 288 Or App 357, 406 P3d 184 (2017), 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)