ORS 814.420
Failure to use bicycle lane or path

  • exceptions
  • penalty

(1)

Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a person commits the offense of failure to use a bicycle lane or path if the person operates a bicycle on any portion of a roadway that is not a bicycle lane or bicycle path when a bicycle lane or bicycle path is adjacent to or near the roadway.

(2)

A person is not required to comply with this section unless the state or local authority with jurisdiction over the roadway finds, after public hearing, that the bicycle lane or bicycle path is suitable for safe bicycle use at reasonable rates of speed.

(3)

A person is not in violation of the offense under this section if the person is able to safely move out of the bicycle lane or path for the purpose of:

(a)

Overtaking and passing another bicycle, a vehicle or a pedestrian that is in the bicycle lane or path and passage cannot safely be made in the lane or path.

(b)

Preparing to execute a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway.

(c)

Avoiding debris or other hazardous conditions.

(d)

Preparing to execute a right turn where a right turn is authorized.

(e)

Continuing straight at an intersection where the bicycle lane or path is to the right of a lane from which a motor vehicle must turn right.

(4)

The offense described in this section, failure to use a bicycle lane or path, is a Class D traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §700; 1985 c.16 §338; 2005 c.316 §3]

Source: Section 814.420 — Failure to use bicycle lane or path; exceptions; penalty, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors814.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).

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

Current through early 2026

§ 814.420. Failure to use bicycle lane or path's source at oregon​.gov