{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-814.524","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 814.524","heading":"Unsafe operation of motor assisted scooter on sidewalk; penalty.","body":"(1) A person commits the offense of unsafe operation of a motor assisted scooter on a sidewalk if the person operates a motor assisted scooter on a sidewalk, except to enter or leave adjacent property, or the person operates a motor assisted scooter on a sidewalk to enter or leave adjacent property and the person:\n      (a) Operates the motor assisted scooter so as to suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and move into the path of a vehicle that is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard.\n      (b) Does not give an audible warning before overtaking and passing a pedestrian or does not yield the right of way to all pedestrians on the sidewalk.\n      (c) Operates the motor assisted scooter in a careless manner that endangers or would be likely to endanger any person or property.\n      (d) Operates the motor assisted scooter at a speed greater than an ordinary walk when approaching a crosswalk, approaching or entering a driveway or crossing a curb cut or pedestrian ramp and a motor vehicle is approaching the crosswalk, driveway, curb cut or pedestrian ramp.\n      (2) The offense described in this section, unsafe operation of a motor assisted scooter on a sidewalk, is a Class D traffic violation.","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":"ba6744eaf1952d56d9f5d52cc4ec4302072e9c86e48953de5c36b979c5906663","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-814.522","next":"us-or/ors-814.526"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}