OAR 734-075-0060: Weather Restrictions
Edition: Current OARD snapshotEffective: 2001-10-18Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) Movement is prohibited when road surfaces are hazardous due to ice, snow or frost or when visibility is less than 500 feet due to snow, mist, rain, dust, smoke, fog or other atmospheric conditions. (2) Movement is prohibited when wind conditions exist which cause excessive swaying or weaving, or tip-over of the towed unit, or are such that the towed unit cannot maintain its lane of travel. (3) To assist the permittee in complying with restrictions caused by weather conditions, the Department of Transportation may place signs in areas where winter weather conditions may cause travel to be hazardous. When restrictions are displayed, movement of units is prohibited.
Official history and status
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 184.616, 184.619 & 818.200
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 818.200 & 818.220
History: TO 5-2001, f. & cert. ef. 10-18-01 TO 3-1999, f. & cert. ef. 10-13-99 HWY 5-1992, f. & cert. ef. 3-25-92 HWY 6-1990, f. & cert. ef. 3-13-90 2HD 15-1983, f. & ef. 8-18-83 1OTC 24-1979, f. & ef. 10-24-79 1OTC 13-1979(Temp), f. & ef. 6-20-79 1OTC 11-1979(Temp), f. & ef. 6-20-79 1OTC 12-1979(Temp), f. & ef. 6-20-79 Reverted to 1OTC 19a, f. & ef. 1-24-74 1OTC 9-1978(Temp), f. & ef. 7-19-78 1OTC 19a, f. & ef. 1-24-74 HC 1287, f. 3-14-73
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