Failure to drive within lane
- exception
- penalty
Source:
Section 811.370 — Failure to drive within lane; exception; penalty, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors811.html
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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