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Exemptions from prohibitions on stopping, standing or parking
ORS > Vehicle Code > Parking, Stopping & Standing > 811.560
this statute provides exemptions from 811.550 (places where stopping, standing and parking prohibited) and 811.555 (illegal stopping, standing or parking). When applicable, the following exemptions are applicable as provided under 811.550 (places where stopping, standing and parking prohibited):
(1) school buses or worker transport buses stopped on a roadway to load or unload workers or children, providing that the flashing school bus safety lights on the bus are operating
(2) vehicles stopped, standing or parked momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger
(3) vehicles stopped, standing or parked momentarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading property or passengers
(4) vehicles owned or operated by the state, a county or city when stopping, standing or parking is necessary to perform maintenance or repair work on the roadway
(5) exempts vehicles from the prohibitions and penalties when the driver's disregard of the prohibitions is necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic
(6) vehicles acting in compliance with law or at the direction of a police officer or a traffic control device
(7) the driver of a vehicle that is disabled in such manner & to such extent that the driver cannot avoid stopping or temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle in a prohibited position
(8) vehicles owned or operated by the State Department of Fish and Wildlife when stopping, standing or parking is necessary to enable employees to release fish
(9) vehicles momentarily stopped to allow oncoming traffic to pass before making a right-hand or left-hand turn or momentarily stopped in preparation for or while negotiating an exit from the road
(10) commercial vehicles that are stopped, standing or parked when stopping, standing or parking is necessary to engage in any activity associated with the collection of solid waste, recyclable material or yard debris, as those terms are defined in 459.005
(11) vehicles owned or operated by a natural gas utility when stopping, standing or parking to investigate or repair a natural gas leak if:
(a) immediate investigation is necessary AND
(b) the natural gas utility vehicle displays a sign denoting emergency responder status to investigate or respond to an emergency
(12)(a) when applicable, vehicles owned or operated by an electric utility when stopping, standing or parking is necessary to respond to an emergency if the vehicle is identified as an electric utility vehicle and:
(A) there's' also an emergency vehicle at the location OR
(B) the electric utility is investigating a downed or arcing utility line
(b) as used in this subsection, "electric utility" means an electric company or consumer-owned utility that is engaged in the business of distributing electricity to retail electricity consumers in this state
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