{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-811.147","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 811.147","heading":"Failure to maintain safe distance from motor vehicle; penalty.","body":"(1) A person operating a motor vehicle commits the offense of failure to maintain a safe distance from a motor vehicle if the person approaches a motor vehicle that is stopped and is displaying required warning lights or hazard lights, or a person is indicating distress by using emergency flares or posting emergency signs, and the person operating the motor vehicle:\n      (a) On a highway having two or more lanes for traffic in a single direction, fails to:\n      (A) Make a lane change to a lane not adjacent to that of the stopped motor vehicle; or\n      (B) Reduce the speed of the motor vehicle to a speed that is at least five miles per hour under the speed limit established in ORS 811.111 or a designated speed posted under ORS 810.180.\n      (b) On a two directional, two-lane highway, fails to reduce the speed of the motor vehicle to a speed that is at least five miles per hour under the speed limit established in ORS 811.111 or a designated speed posted under ORS 810.180.\n      (2) A person is not in violation of the offense described in this section if the stopped motor vehicle is in a designated parking area.\n      (3) The offense described in this section, failure to maintain a safe distance from a motor vehicle, is a Class B traffic violation.","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":"a1aa4769430330604bb39edef2ac4ad9ce764866121440b8400e146cb54a0ead","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-811.145","next":"us-or/ors-811.150"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}