{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-811.130","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 811.130","heading":"Impeding traffic; penalty.","body":"(1) A person commits the offense of impeding traffic if the person drives a motor vehicle or a combination of motor vehicles in a manner that impedes or blocks the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.\n      (2) A person is not in violation of the offense described under this section if the person is proceeding in a manner needed for safe operation.\n      (3) Proceeding in a manner needed for safe operation includes but is not necessarily limited to:\n      (a) Momentarily stopping to allow oncoming traffic to pass before making a right-hand or left-hand turn.\n      (b) Momentarily stopping in preparation of, or moving at an extremely slow pace while, negotiating an exit from the road.\n      (4) A person is not in violation of the offense described under this section if the person is proceeding as part of a funeral procession under the direction of a funeral escort vehicle or a funeral lead vehicle.\n      (5) The offense described in this section, impeding traffic, is a Class D traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §569; 1985 c.16 §288; 1989 c.433 §1; 1991 c.482 §18; 1995 c.383 §45]\nCARELESS AND RECKLESS DRIVING","path":["19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation","59. Oregon Vehicle Code","Chapter 811 — Rules of the Road for Drivers"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors811.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:18Z","sha256":"4075229805fb00f4c457eff0d91ab71a5d41f7183b6b620fc70f0fea18b648c5","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-811.127","next":"us-or/ors-811.135"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}