Traffic laws

Traffic laws in Portland and the state of Oregon are complicated, just as they are everywhere else. If you have a driver's license, you should know them... but you probably don't.

Notable laws

• Law prohibits all drivers from using a mobile communication device while operating a motor vehicle. Effective Jan 2010
• Motorists must yield to bicyclists; motorists and bicyclists must yield to pedestrians; motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians must yield to marauding babies (?).

External links

• Complete list of laws: Oregon's Rules of the Road for Drivers

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