Current through 2024 Regular Session legislation effective June 6, 2024
Section 811.265 - Driver failure to obey traffic control device; penalty(1) A person commits the offense of driver failure to obey a traffic control device if the person drives a vehicle and the person does any of the following:(a) Fails to obey the directions of any traffic control device.(b) Fails to obey any specific traffic control device described in ORS 811.260 in the manner required by that section.(2) A person is not subject to this section if the person is doing any of the following: (a) Following the directions of a police officer.(b) Driving an emergency vehicle or ambulance in accordance with the privileges granted those vehicles under ORS 820.300.(c) Properly proceeding on a red light as authorized under ORS 811.360.(d) Driving in a funeral procession led by a funeral lead vehicle or under the direction of the driver of a funeral escort vehicle.(e) Properly entering an intersection or executing a turn at a stop sign as authorized under ORS 814.414.(f) Properly entering an intersection or executing a turn at a flashing red signal as authorized under ORS 814.416.(3) The offense described in this section, driver failure to obey a traffic control device, is a Class B traffic violation.Amended by 2019 Ch. 683,§ 5, eff. 1/1/2020.Amended by 2015 Ch. 147,§ 3, eff. 1/1/2016.1983 c.338 §608; 1991 c.482 §13