Oregon Code § 811.365·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Illegal U-turn; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of making an illegal U-turn if the person is
operating a vehicle and the person turns the vehicle so as to proceed in the
opposite direction in any of the following places:
(a) Within an
intersection where traffic is controlled by an electrical signal. This
paragraph does not apply where posted otherwise.
(b) Upon a
highway within the limits of an incorporated city between intersections.
(c) At any place
upon a highway where the vehicle cannot be seen by another driver approaching
from either direction within a distance of:
(A) 500 feet
within the incorporated limits of a city; or
(B) 1,000 feet
outside a city.
(2) The offense
described in this section, illegal U-turn, is a Class C traffic violation
unless commission of the offense contributes to an accident. If commission of
the offense contributes to an accident, the offense is a Class B traffic
violation. [1983 c.338 §629; 1995 c.383 §63]
(Lane Use)