{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-814.485","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 814.485","heading":"Failure to wear protective headgear; penalty.","body":"(1) A person commits the offense of failure of a bicycle operator or rider to wear protective headgear if the person is under 16 years of age, operates or rides on a bicycle on a highway or on premises open to the public and is not wearing protective headgear of a type approved under ORS 815.052.\n      (2) Exemptions from this section are as provided in ORS 814.487.\n      (3) The offense described in this section, failure of a bicycle operator or rider to wear protective headgear, is a specific fine traffic violation. The presumptive fine for failure of a bicycle operator or rider to wear protective headgear is $25.","path":["19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation","59. Oregon Vehicle Code","Chapter 814 — Pedestrians; Passengers; Livestock; Motorized Wheelchairs; Vehicles With Fewer Than Four Wheels"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors814.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:18Z","sha256":"8f4d4c9abbefd2bd6e170a3bfe4e71ada3697dfeb71e0c4b2103e249b885aac4","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-814.484","next":"us-or/ors-814.486"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}