Oregon Code § 811.111·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Violating a speed limit; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of violating a speed limit if the person:
(a) Drives a
vehicle on an interstate highway, except for the portions of interstate highway
described in subsection (2) of this section, at a speed greater than 65 miles
per hour or, if a different speed is posted under ORS 810.180, at a speed
greater than the posted speed.
(b)
Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, drives any of the following
vehicles at a speed greater than 55 miles per hour on any highway, except for
the portions of highway described in subsections (2) to (12) of this section,
or, if a different speed is posted under ORS 810.180, at a speed greater than
the posted speed:
(A) A motor truck
with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds or a truck
tractor with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 8,000 pounds.
(B) A school bus.
(C) A school
activity vehicle.
(D) A worker
transport bus.
(E) A bus
operated for transporting children to and from church or an activity or
function authorized by a church.
(F) Any vehicle
used in the transportation of persons for hire by a nonprofit entity.
(c) Drives a
vehicle or conveyance on any part of the ocean shore in this state at a speed
greater than any of the following:
(A) Any
designated speed for ocean shores that is established and posted under ORS
810.180.
(B) If no
designated speed is posted under ORS 810.180, 25 miles per hour.
(d) Except as
otherwise provided in this section, drives a vehicle upon a highway at a speed
greater than a speed posted by authority granted under ORS 810.180 or, if no
designated speed is posted, the following:
(A) Fifteen miles
per hour when driving on an alley or a narrow residential roadway.
(B) Twenty miles
per hour in a business district.
(C) Twenty-five
miles per hour in a public park.
(D) Twenty-five
miles per hour on a highway in a residence district if the highway is not an
arterial highway.
(E) Sixty-five
miles per hour on an interstate highway.
(F) Fifty-five
miles per hour in locations not otherwise described in this paragraph.
(e) Drives a
vehicle in a school zone at a speed greater than 20 miles per hour if the
school zone is:
(A) A segment of
highway described in ORS 801.462 (1)(a) and:
(i) The school
zone has a flashing light used as a traffic control device and operated as
provided under ORS 810.243; or
(ii) If the
school zone does not have a flashing light used as a traffic control device,
the person drives in the school zone between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on a day when
school is in session.
(B) A crosswalk
described in ORS 801.462 (1)(b) and:
(i) A flashing
light is used as a traffic control device and operated as provided under ORS
810.243; or
(ii) Children are
present, as described in ORS 811.124.
(2) A person
commits the offense of violating a speed limit if the person drives a vehicle
on the portion of Interstate 84 beginning at the eastern city limit of The
Dalles and ending at the Idaho state line at a speed greater than:
(a) Sixty-five
miles per hour for vehicles described in subsection (1)(b) of this section; or
(b) Seventy miles
per hour for all other vehicles.
(3) A person
commits the offense of violating a speed limit if the person drives a vehicle
on the portion of U.S. Highway 95 beginning at the Idaho state line and ending
at the Nevada state line at a speed greater than:
(a) Sixty-five
miles per hour for vehicles described in subsection (1)(b) of this section; or
(b) Seventy miles
per hour for all other vehicles.
(4) A person
commits the offense of violating a speed limit if the person drives a vehicle
on the portion of U.S. Highway 20 beginning in Bend and ending in Ontario at a
speed greater than:
(a) Sixty miles
per hour for vehicles described in subsection (1)(b) of this section; or
(b) Sixty-five
miles per hour for all other vehicles.
(5) A person
commits the offense of violating a speed limit if the person drives a vehicle
on the portion of U.S. Highway 197 beginning in The Dalles and ending at its
intersection with U.S. Highway 97 and the portion of U.S. Highway 97
beginning at its intersection with U.S. Highway 197 and ending at the
California state line at a speed greater than:
(a) Sixty miles
per hour for vehicles described in subsection (1)(b) of this section; or
(b) Sixty-five
miles per hour for all other vehicles.
(6) A person
commits the offense of violating a speed limit if the person drives a vehicle
on the portion of State Highway 31 beginning in Valley Falls and ending in La
Pine at a speed greater than:
(a) Sixty miles
per hour for vehicles described in subsection (1)(b) of this section; or
(b) Sixty-five
miles per hour for all other vehicles.
(7) A person
commits the offense of violating a speed limit if the person drives a vehicle
on the portion of State Highway 78 beginning in Burns Junction and ending in
Burns at a speed greater than:
(a) Sixty miles
per hour
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 811.111
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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