Failure to drive on right
- exceptions
- penalty
Source:
Section 811.295 — Failure to drive on right; exceptions; penalty, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors811.html
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See also annotations under ORS 483.302 in permanent edition.
Notes of Decisions
Under former similar statute
Under former similar statute, the duty to drive in the right half of a highway was not absolute and the section did not establish a standard for negligence as a matter of law. Mennis v. Highland Trucking, Inc., 261 Or 233, 492 P2d 464 (1972)
In general
Infraction does not require presence of oncoming traffic. State v. Mealer, 129 Or App 456, 879 P2d 230 (1994), Sup Ct review denied