Public Safety

Prohibits carrying minor in open bed of motor vehicle. Provides exceptions if minor is secured with safety device, or if vehicle is operating in organized parade. Provides limited exception if minor is in vehicle for employment purpose (and in compliance with rules and laws for worker transport), or is licensed hunter traveling between camp and hunting site during hunting season.

Permits the operation of electric personal assistive mobility devices by persons sixteen years of age or older on bicycle lanes, bicycle paths, and sidewalks, and on highways with posted speeds of 35 miles per hour (mph) or less. Allows a local jurisdiction to regulate or prohibit use of the devices. Exempts the devices from compliance with vehicle title, vehicle registration, and liability insurance requirements.

Permits some commercial vehicles to be equipped with amber warning lights to warn others of a traffic hazard. Allows use only when vehicle is stopped at commercial work site or in highway work zones.

Defines school zone for purposes of Oregon Vehicle Code (starts at a sign indicating school zone speed limit, and ends at a sign indicating a different speed limit or end of school zone). Modifies definition of when “children are present” in school zone.