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Oregon · Through 2025 Edition

ORS 811.060: Vehicular assault; penalty.

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  1. 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation
  2. 59. Oregon Vehicle Code
  3. Chapter 811 — Rules of the Road for Drivers

(1) For the purposes of this section, “recklessly” has the meaning given that term in ORS 161.085.

      (2) A person commits the offense of vehicular assault if:

      (a) The person recklessly operates a vehicle upon a highway in a manner that results in contact between the person’s vehicle and:

      (A) A bicycle operated by a person;

      (B) A person operating a bicycle;

      (C) A motorcycle operated by a person;

      (D) A person operating a motorcycle;

      (E) A passenger on a motorcycle; or

      (F) A pedestrian; and

      (b) The contact causes physical injury to the person operating a bicycle, the person operating a motorcycle, the passenger on a motorcycle or the pedestrian.

      (3) The offense described in this section, vehicular assault, is a Class A misdemeanor.

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