Oregon Statutes 811.802 – Failure to yield right of way to funeral procession; penalty
(1) A person commits the offense of failure to yield the right of way to a funeral procession if the funeral procession is accompanied by a funeral escort vehicle or a funeral lead vehicle and the person does not do the following:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 811.802
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(a) Yield the right of way to the funeral procession.
(b) Stop before entering any intersection and remain stopped until the funeral procession has passed.
(c) Obey any directions given by a driver of a funeral escort vehicle.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section and except for emergency vehicles and police vehicles or at the direction of a police officer, this section applies to pedestrians, bicyclists, motor vehicle drivers and anyone else in the path of a funeral procession.
(3) This section applies only to persons who knew or in the exercise of reasonable care should have known of the presence of a funeral procession.
(4) The offense described in this section, failure to yield the right of way to a funeral procession, is a Class D traffic violation. [1991 c.482 § 7; 1995 c.383 § 2]