ORS 814.486: Endangering bicycle operator or passenger; penalty.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) A person commits the offense of endangering a bicycle operator or passenger if: (a) The person is operating a bicycle on a highway or on premises open to the public and the person carries another person on the bicycle who is under 16 years of age and is not wearing protective headgear of a type approved under ORS 815.052; or (b) The person is the parent, legal guardian or person with legal responsibility for the safety and welfare of a child under 16 years of age and the child operates or rides on a bicycle on a highway or on premises open to the public without 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, endangering a bicycle operator or passenger, is a specific fine traffic violation. The presumptive fine for endangering a bicycle operator or passenger is $25. [1993 c.408 §3; 1995 c.581 §2; 2011 c.597 §104]
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