Vehicle Equipment Generally

ORS 815.285
Failure to carry roadside vehicle warning devices

  • exemptions
  • penalty

(1)

A person commits the offense of failure to carry roadside vehicle warning devices if:

(a)

The person drives or moves on any highway or owns and causes or knowingly permits to be driven or moved on any highway any vehicle subject to the requirements to use roadside vehicle warning devices under ORS 811.530 (Failure to post warnings for disabled vehicle); and

(b)

The vehicle does not carry such roadside vehicle warning devices as the Department of Transportation may require under ORS 815.035 (Rules for standards for roadside warning devices).

(2)

This section does not apply to any of the following:

(a)

Vehicles that are not subject to the requirements to use roadside vehicle warning devices under ORS 811.530 (Failure to post warnings for disabled vehicle).

(b)

At any time between sunrise and sunset.

(c)

To any vehicles operated within a business district or residence district.

(3)

The offense described in this section, failure to carry roadside vehicle warning devices, is a Class C traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §503; 1985 c.16 §261; 1985 c.393 §26]
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