Failure to stop & remain stopped for pedestrian who has limited vision or is blind
ORS > Vehicle Code > Duty to Pedestrians & Bicycles > 811.035
(1) it's a violation if a driver violates any of the following:
(a) a driver approaching a pedestrian who has limited vision, is blind or deaf-blind, who is carrying a white cane or accompanied by a guide dog, & who is crossing or about to cross a roadway, will stop & remain stopped until the pedestrian has crossed the roadway
(b) where the movement of vehicular traffic is regulated by traffic control devices, a driver approaching a pedestrian who has limited vision. who is blind or deaf-blind will stop & remain stopped until the pedestrian has left the roadway if the pedestrian has entered the roadway & is carrying a white cane or is accompanied by a dog guide. This paragraph applies regardless of any other provisions of the vehicle code relating to traffic control devices
(2) this statute is subject to the provisions and definitions relating to the rights of pedestrians who have limited vision, are blind or deaf-blind per 814.110 (Rights for persons who are blind, who are deaf-blind or who have limited vision)
(3) For the purposes of this statute, a pedestrian is crossing the roadway when any part or extension of the pedestrian, including but not limited to any part of the pedestrian's body, wheelchair, cane, crutch, bicycle or leashed animal, moves onto the roadway with the intent to proceed.
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