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Failure of slow driver to drive on right

ORS > Vehicle Code > Right of Way > 811.315

(1) operating a vehicle on a roadway slower than the normal speed of traffic at the time & place and under the conditions then existing & failing to drive:

(a) in the rightmost lane available for traffic OR

(b) as close as practicable to the right curb or edge of the roadway.

(2) This statute does not apply when:

(a) overtaking & passing another vehicle going in the same direction under the passing rules in:

• 811.410 (unsafe passing on the left)

• 811.415 (unsafe passing on the right)

• 811.420 (passing in a no passing zone)

• 811.425 (failure of slower driver to yield to overtaking vehicle)

(b) preparing to turn left at an intersection, alley or private road or driveway.