ORS 815.052: Rules establishing standards for protective headgear.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
The Department of Transportation shall adopt and enforce rules establishing minimum standards and specifications for safe protective headgear to be worn by people operating bicycles, by passengers on bicycles and by people riding on skateboards or scooters or using in-line skates. The rules shall conform, insofar as practicable, to national safety standards and specifications for such headgear. [1993 c.408 §6; 2003 c.106 §2; 2005 c.141 §1]
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- ORS 814.484: Meaning of “bicycle” and “operating or riding on a highway.”
- ORS 814.485: Failure to wear protective headgear; penalty.
- ORS 814.486: Endangering bicycle operator or passenger; penalty.
- ORS 814.488: Citations; exemption from requirement to pay fine.
- ORS 814.534: Failure of motor assisted scooter operator to wear protective headgear; exception; penalty.
- ORS 814.600: Failure of skateboarder, scooter rider or in-line skater to wear protective headgear; penalty.
- ORS 815.281: Selling noncomplying bicycle headgear; renting or leasing bicycle without having approved headgear available; penalties.
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