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Oregon · Through 2025 Edition

ORS 811.802: Failure to yield right of way to funeral procession; 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) A person commits the offense of failure to yield the right of way to a funeral procession if the funeral procession is accompanied by a funeral escort vehicle or a funeral lead vehicle and the person does not do the following:

      (a) Yield the right of way to the funeral procession.

      (b) Stop before entering any intersection and remain stopped until the funeral procession has passed.

      (c) Obey any directions given by a driver of a funeral escort vehicle.

      (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section and except for emergency vehicles and police vehicles or at the direction of a police officer, this section applies to pedestrians, bicyclists, motor vehicle drivers and anyone else in the path of a funeral procession.

      (3) This section applies only to persons who knew or in the exercise of reasonable care should have known of the presence of a funeral procession.

      (4) The offense described in this section, failure to yield the right of way to a funeral procession, is a Class D traffic violation.

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