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Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 814 § 814.040 — Failure to yield to vehicle; penalty

Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 814 ·
Oregon Code § 814.040 · Enacted · Last updated March 01, 2026
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Failure to yield to vehicle; penalty. (1) A pedestrian commits the offense of pedestrian failure to yield to a vehicle if the pedestrian does any of the following: (a) Suddenly leaves a curb or other place of safety and moves into the path of a vehicle that is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard. (b) Fails to yield the right of way to a vehicle upon a roadway when the pedestrian is crossing the roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection. (c) Except as otherwise provided under the vehicle code, fails to yield the right of way to all vehicles upon the roadway. (2) The offense described in this section, pedestrian failure to yield to a vehicle, is a Class D traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §555; 1995 c.383 §84]
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