Failure to stop & remain stopped for pedestrian
ORS > Vehicle Code > Duty to Pedestrians & Bicycles > 811.028
(1) it's a violation if a driver doesn't stop & remain stopped for a pedestrian when the pedestrian is:
(a) proceeding in accordance with a traffic control device per 814.010 (appropriate responses to traffic control devices) AND
(b) in any of the following locations:
(A) the lane in which the driver's vehicle is traveling
(B) a lane adjacent to the one in which the driver's vehicle is traveling
(C) in the lane into which the driver's vehicle is turning
(D) in a lane adjacent to the lane into which the driver's vehicle is turning, if the driver is making a turn at an intersection that does not have a traffic control device under which a pedestrian may proceed per 814.010 (appropriate responses to traffic control devices) OR
(E) less than 6ft from the lane into which the driver's vehicle is turning, if the driver is making a turn at an intersection that has a traffic control device under which a pedestrian may proceed per 814.010 (appropriate responses to traffic control devices)
(2) For the purpose of this statute, a bicycle lane or the part of a roadway where a vehicle stops, stands or parks that is adjacent to a lane of travel is considered to be part of that adjacent lane of travel.
(3) this statute doesn't require a driver to stop & remain stopped for a pedestrian under any of the following circumstances:
(a) on a roadway with a safety island, if the driver is proceeding along the half of the roadway on the far side of the safety island from the pedestrian OR
(4) for the purposes of this statute, a pedestrian is crossing the roadway in a crosswalk when any part or extension of the pedestrian, including but not limited to any part of the pedestrian's body, wheelchair, cane, crutch or bicycle, moves onto the roadway in a crosswalk with the intent to proceed.
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