72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
 
                            Enrolled
 
                         House Bill 2176
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for Department of State Police)
 
 
                     CHAPTER ................
 
 
                             AN ACT
 
 
Relating to motor vehicles.
 
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
 
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2003 Act is added to and made
a part of the Oregon Vehicle Code. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) A person operating a motor vehicle commits
the offense of failure to maintain a safe distance from an
emergency vehicle or ambulance if the person approaches an
emergency vehicle or ambulance that is stopped and is displaying
required warning lights and the person:
  (a) On a highway having two or more lanes for traffic in a
single direction, fails to:
  (A) Make a lane change to a lane not adjacent to that of the
emergency vehicle or ambulance; or
  (B) Reduce the speed of the motor vehicle, if making a lane
change is unsafe.
  (b) On a two directional, two-lane highway, fails to reduce the
speed of the motor vehicle.
  (2) The offense described in this section, failure to maintain
a safe distance from an emergency vehicle or ambulance, is a
Class B traffic violation. + }
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Passed by House February 11, 2003
 
 
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                                             Chief Clerk of House
 
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                                                 Speaker of House
 
Passed by Senate March 5, 2003
 
 
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                                              President of Senate
 
 
 
 
 
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Received by Governor:
 
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Approved:
 
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                                                         Governor
 
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
 
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                                               Secretary of State
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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