Chapter 183 Oregon Laws 2003
AN ACT
SB 387
Relating to intersections; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 811.275.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of
Oregon:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of this 2003 Act is added to and made a part of ORS chapter 811.
SECTION
2. (1) A person commits the
offense of failure to yield the right of way at an uncontrolled T intersection
if the person is operating a motor vehicle on a highway that ends at an
uncontrolled T intersection and the person does not yield the right of way to any
driver who is on the highway at the top of the T intersection.
(2)
As used in this section and ORS 811.275:
(a)
“T intersection” means an intersection at which one highway is perpendicular to
another and at which one of the highways ends.
(b)
“Top of the T intersection” means the highway that does not end at the junction
of two highways.
(3) The offense described in this section, failure to yield the right of way at an uncontrolled T intersection, is a Class B traffic violation.
SECTION 3. ORS 811.275 is amended to read:
811.275. (1) A person commits the offense of failure to yield the right of way at an uncontrolled intersection if the person is operating a motor vehicle that is approaching an uncontrolled highway intersection and the person does not look out for and give right of way to any driver on the right simultaneously approaching a given point, regardless of which driver first reaches and enters the intersection.
(2) This section is subject to the described provisions of the following sections:
(a) The provisions of ORS 811.260, relating to stop signs and yield signs.
(b) The provisions of ORS 811.285, relating to the requirements to yield the right of way upon entering a freeway or other arterial highway.
(c) The provisions of section 2 of this 2003 Act, relating to the right of way at an uncontrolled T intersection.
(3) A person entering an intersection at an unlawful speed shall forfeit any right of way the person would otherwise have under subsection (1) of this section.
(4) The offense described in this section, failure to yield right of way at an uncontrolled intersection, is a Class B traffic violation.
Approved by the Governor May 30, 2003
Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 2, 2003
Effective date January 1, 2004
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