71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
SA to SB 938
 
LC 3252/SB 938-1
 
                      SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
                         SENATE BILL 938
 
      By COMMITTEE ON GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
 
                            April 16
 
  On page 1 of the printed bill, delete lines 4 through 21 and
insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 1. + } ORS 811.010 is amended to read:
  ' 811.010.   { - (1) The driver of a vehicle commits the
offense of failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk
if: - }
  '  { - (a) A pedestrian is crossing a roadway within a marked
or unmarked crosswalk where there are no traffic control devices
in place or in operation; and - }
  '  { - (b) The driver does not stop before entering the
crosswalk and yield the right of way to the pedestrian when the
pedestrian is: - }
  '  { - (A) Approaching so closely to the half of the roadway
along which the driver is proceeding so as to be in a position of
danger by closely approaching or reaching the center of the
roadway; or - }
  '  { - (B) On the half of the roadway on and along which the
driver is proceeding. - }
  '  { +  (1) The driver of a vehicle commits the offense of
failure to stop and remain stopped for a pedestrian in a
crosswalk if the driver does not stop and remain stopped for a
pedestrian who:
  ' (a) Is crossing a roadway within a marked or unmarked
crosswalk where there is no traffic control device in place or in
operation; and
  ' (b) Is either in the lane in which the driver's vehicle is
traveling or in a lane adjacent to the lane in which the driver's
vehicle is traveling. + }
  ' (2) This section does not require a driver to stop and
  { - yield the right of way to - }  { +  remain stopped for + }
a pedestrian under any of the following circumstances:
  ' (a) Upon a roadway with a safety island, if the driver is
proceeding along the half of the roadway on the far side of the
safety island from the pedestrian; or
  ' (b) Where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead crossing has been
provided at or near a crosswalk.
  ' (3) The offense described in this section, failure to
  { - yield to - }  { +  stop and remain stopped for + } a
pedestrian in a crosswalk, is a Class B traffic violation.'.
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