ORS 811.425
Failure of slower driver to yield to overtaking vehicle
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(1)

A person commits the offense of failure of a slower driver to yield to overtaking vehicle if the person is driving a vehicle and the person fails to move the person’s vehicle off the main traveled portion of the highway into an area sufficient for safe turnout when:

(a)

The driver of the overtaken vehicle is proceeding at a speed less than a speed established in ORS 811.105 (Speeds that are evidence of basic rule violation) as prima facie evidence of violation of the basic speed rule;

(b)

The driver of the overtaking vehicle is proceeding at a speed in conformity with ORS 811.105 (Speeds that are evidence of basic rule violation);

(c)

The highway is a two directional, two-lane highway; and

(d)

There is no clear lane for passing available to the driver of the overtaking vehicle.

(2)

This section does not apply to the driver of a vehicle in a funeral procession.

(3)

The offense described in this section, failure of a slower driver to yield to overtaking vehicle, is a Class B traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §640; 1991 c.482 §16; 1995 c.383 §68; 2001 c.104 §307; 2003 c.819 §15]
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OR Legislature
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May. 15, 2020
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