§ 814.524 — Unsafe operation of motor assisted scooter on sidewalk; penalty

Oregon § 814.524

• Jurisdiction: Oregon
• Vol.: 19
• Title 59: Oregon Vehicle Code
• Ch. 814: Pedestrians; Passengers; Livestock; Motorized Wheelchairs; Vehicles With

Text

(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:
(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.
(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.
(c) Operates the motor assisted scooter in a careless manner that endangers or would be likely to endanger any person or property.
(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.
(2) The offense described in this section, unsafe operation of a motor assisted scooter on a sidewalk, is a Class D traffic violation.

Legislative History

2001 c.749 §11