Oregon Move-Over Law

What Oregon requires

Oregon covers more than responders. Move over for any stopped vehicle showing hazards or warning lights, including a broken-down car on the shoulder, or a person out setting flares. Can't change lanes? Slow to at least 5 mph under the limit. It's a Class B violation with a presumptive $265 fine (ORS 811.147).

Who you move over for, and the fallback

• Move over for: Any stopped motor vehicle that is displaying required warning lights or hazard lights, plus a person on the road indicating distress with emergency flares or emergency signs. That sweeps in police, fire, EMS, tow trucks, and roadside assistance, and also a plain disabled car with its flashers on.
• If you can't move over: On a road with two or more lanes your way, change into a lane not adjacent to the stopped vehicle, or slow to at least 5 mph under the posted limit. On a two-lane, two-way road, slow to at least 5 mph under the limit.
• Correction to the reference spine, which marked Oregon 'No' on disabled vehicles. The statutory text (ORS 811.147) plainly applies to 'a motor vehicle that is stopped and is displaying required warning lights or hazard lights, or a person is indicating distress by using emergency flares or posting emergency signs' - so any disabled vehicle with flashers is covered. Confirmed on both the Oregon Legislature and oregon.public.law statute pages.

What a violation costs

Class B traffic violation with a presumptive fine of $265 (maximum $1,000) (ORS 811.147).

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