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Minimum Clearance No part of a passenger vehicle can have less clearance from the road than the lowest part of the rim of any wheel. Special Vehicle Lighting Some vehicles are exempt from most lighting requirements that others must meet. For example, antique vehicles have only the types of lights required when they were manufactured. Vehicles not required to have most types of lights must use at least one white light on the front and have at least one red light on the rear of the vehicle if you use the vehicles on streets and highways from sunset to sunrise, or when visibility is limited. This lighting requirement includes animal-drawn vehicles, farm tractors, and road machinery. Optional Vehicle Equipment Spotlight A motor vehicle may be equipped with one spotlight. When used, it must be aimed toward the right side of the road when meeting other vehicles. The beam must strike the road not more than 100 feet ahead of the vehicle on which it is mounted. Backup Lights A vehicle may be equipped with white backup lights. Backup lights can only be lit when your vehicle is in reverse. Fog Lights A vehicle may be equipped with fog lights. The lights may be white or amber and the beam must strike the road not more than 75 feet ahead of the vehicle on which it is mounted. These lights are to be used in the same manner as high beam headlights, unless they are less than 300 candlepower. Restricted Lights and Equipment Light and Registration Plate Covers Do not place covers over your registration plates or on any required vehicle light. Covers on vehicle lights, including brake lights and turn signals, are not legal if the cover is on while you are required to use the lights. Registration plate covers, clear or tinted, are not legal in Oregon if it makes the plate unreadable or if it alters the appearance of the plate. Red Lights Red lights or fl ashing red lights that can be seen from the front are to be used only on fi re department vehicles, police vehicles, ambulances, school 112
uses, worker transportation buses, church buses, vehicles escorting funeral processions, tow vehicles, and some ODOT emergency vehicles. Amber Lights Amber lights may be used on police vehicles, fi re department emergency response vehicles, school buses, vehicles used in road construction or repair, mail delivery vehicles, pilot vehicles, commercial vehicles, public utility vehicles, worker transportation buses, and church buses as a pre-warning of a stop ahead. Tow vehicles connecting to or servicing a disabled vehicle may use either red or amber warning lights. Blue Lights Blue lights, steady or fl ashing, are permitted only on police vehicles or fi re department emergency response vehicles. Green Lights Fire vehicles operating as the command post in emergency incidents may use a fl ashing or revolving green light. Green lights may be used on the rear-mounted tricolor lighting system. Check Before You Buy Some aftermarket (custom) accessories and lighting equipment may not be legal in Oregon. Be sure to check equipment for markings showing the equipment is legal. If the aftermarket accessory or equipment has the following marking or information on the product, they are most likely not legal for street use in Oregon: • For Off-Road Use Only. • For Show Use Only. • Check local laws and ordinances for use. • DOT or SAE Certifi ed (neither DOT nor SAE certify products; however, manufacturers can certify that their products meet these federal standards). For more information on vehicle standards and equipment, such as lighting, tinted windows, trailer equipment, mud fl aps, and other information, visit ODOT’s Transportation Safety Division web site at: www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TS/Veh_Equipment.shtml. 113
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Table of Contents Section 1 - A Lic
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Section 1 A License to Drive More t
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signs, but there are many more such
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Divided Highway Begins or Ends A me
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School Speed Zone Signs A school sp
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Railroad Crossings Railroad crossin
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Section 3 Rules of the Road The rul
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Slow Drivers When you drive slower
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Signal - Remember to indicate your
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Emergency Parking If your vehicle h
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The sign must also be on the rear o
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law. Conviction of these charges ma
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Section 4 Defensive Driving The key
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such as the curve down the road, th
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lane change. Be especially alert fo
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