(1) A person commits the offense of driver failure to obey a traffic control device if the person drives a vehicle and the person does any of the following:

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(a) Fails to obey the directions of any traffic control device.

(b) Fails to obey any specific traffic control device described in ORS § 811.260 in the manner required by that section.

(2) A person is not subject to this section if the person is doing any of the following:

(a) Following the directions of a police officer.

(b) Driving an emergency vehicle or ambulance in accordance with the privileges granted those vehicles under ORS § 820.300.

(c) Properly proceeding on a red light as authorized under ORS § 811.360.

(d) Driving in a funeral procession led by a funeral lead vehicle or under the direction of the driver of a funeral escort vehicle.

(e) Properly entering an intersection or executing a turn at a stop sign as authorized under ORS § 814.414.

(f) Properly entering an intersection or executing a turn at a flashing red signal as authorized under ORS § 814.416.

(3) The offense described in this section, driver failure to obey a traffic control device, is a Class B traffic violation. [1983 c.338 § 608; 1991 c.482 § 13; 2015 c.147 § 3; 2019 c.683 § 5]