2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 17, Chapters 756 - 838
ORS Chapter 810
810.120 Designation of no passing zones.


OR Rev Stat § 810.120 (through Leg Sess 2011) What's This?

(1) Each road authority may do the following on its own highways:

(a) Determine where overtaking or passing or driving to the left of the center of the roadway would be especially hazardous; and

(b) Establish zones on the roadway where overtaking or passing or driving to the left of the center of the roadway are prohibited because such would be especially hazardous.

(2) To establish a zone under this section, a road authority must do all of the following:

(a) Determine that a need for a zone exists in accordance with standards and procedures adopted by the Department of Transportation.

(b) Mark the zone by appropriate signs or by a yellow unbroken line on the pavement of the right-hand side of and adjacent to the center line or a lane line of the roadway to indicate the beginning and end of the zone.

(3) Penalties are provided under ORS 811.420 for passing in a no passing zone designated under this section. [1983 c.338 156]

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