72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
 
                            Enrolled
 
                         Senate Bill 387
 
Sponsored by Senator FISHER; Senators MESSERLE, NELSON,
  Representatives KRIEGER, KRUSE, MORGAN (at the request of
  Jessie Main)
 
 
                     CHAPTER ................
 
 
                             AN ACT
 
 
Relating to intersections; creating new provisions; and amending
  ORS 811.275.
 
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 ORS chapter 811. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) A person commits the offense of failure to
yield the right of way at an uncontrolled T intersection if the
person is operating a motor vehicle on a highway that ends at an
uncontrolled T intersection and the person does not yield the
right of way to any driver who is on the highway at the top of
the T intersection.
  (2) As used in this section and ORS 811.275:
  (a) 'T intersection' means an intersection at which one highway
is perpendicular to another and at which one of the highways
ends.
  (b) 'Top of the T intersection' means the highway that does not
end at the junction of two highways.
  (3) The offense described in this section, failure to yield the
right of way at an uncontrolled T intersection, is a Class B
traffic violation. + }
  SECTION 3. ORS 811.275 is amended to read:
  811.275. (1) A person commits the offense of failure to yield
the right of way at an uncontrolled intersection if the person is
operating a motor vehicle that is approaching an uncontrolled
highway intersection and the person does not look out for and
give right of way to any driver on the right simultaneously
approaching a given point, regardless of which driver first
reaches and enters the intersection.
  (2) This section is subject to the described provisions of the
following sections:
  (a) The provisions of ORS 811.260, relating to stop signs and
yield signs.
  (b) The provisions of ORS 811.285, relating to the requirements
to yield the right of way upon entering a freeway or other
arterial highway.
   { +  (c) The provisions of section 2 of this 2003 Act,
relating to the right of way at an uncontrolled T
intersection. + }
 
 
 
 
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  (3) A person entering an intersection at an unlawful speed
shall forfeit any right of way the person would otherwise have
under subsection (1) of this section.
  (4) The offense described in this section, failure to yield
right of way at an uncontrolled intersection, is a Class B
traffic violation.
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Passed by Senate April 15, 2003
 
 
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                                              Secretary of Senate
 
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                                              President of Senate
 
Passed by House May 8, 2003
 
 
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                                                 Speaker of House
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Received by Governor:
 
......M.,............., 2003
 
Approved:
 
......M.,............., 2003
 
 
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                                                         Governor
 
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
 
......M.,............., 2003
 
 
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                                               Secretary of State
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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