ORS 814.485: Failure to wear protective headgear; penalty.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) A person commits the offense of failure of a bicycle operator or rider to wear protective headgear if the person is under 16 years of age, operates or rides on a bicycle on a highway or on premises open to the public and is not wearing protective headgear of a type approved under ORS 815.052. (2) Exemptions from this section are as provided in ORS 814.487. (3) The offense described in this section, failure of a bicycle operator or rider to wear protective headgear, is a specific fine traffic violation. The presumptive fine for failure of a bicycle operator or rider to wear protective headgear is $25. [1993 c.408 §2; 1995 c.581 §1; 2011 c.597 §103]
This rule cites
- ORS 815.052 — resolved
- ORS 814.487 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 153.633: Distribution to state.
- ORS 153.645: Disposition of fines for traffic offenses; justice court.
- ORS 153.650: Disposition of fines for traffic offenses; municipal court.
- ORS 153.660: Use of amounts paid to county treasurer.
- ORS 814.484: Meaning of “bicycle” and “operating or riding on a highway.”
- ORS 814.487: Exemptions from protective headgear requirements.
- ORS 814.488: Citations; exemption from requirement to pay fine.
- ORS 814.489: Use of evidence of lack of protective headgear on bicyclist.
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors814.html