815.215
Failure to have windshield wipers; exemptions; penalty. (1) A person commits the offense
of failure to have windshield wipers if the person drives or moves on any
highway or owns and causes or knowingly permits to be driven or moved on any
highway a motor vehicle that has a windshield and that is not equipped with
windshield wipers that meet the requirements under this section.
(2) Windshield
wipers meet the requirements of this section if the windshield wipers are
designed for cleaning rain or other moisture from the windshield and so
constructed as to be controlled or operated by the driver of the vehicle.
(3) This section
does not apply to the following vehicles:
(a) Vehicles of
special interest that are registered under ORS 805.020 and that are:
(A) Equipped with
original manufacturer’s equipment and accessories, or their equivalent, and
that are maintained in safe operating condition; or
(B) The vehicles
are street rods that conform to ORS 815.107.
(b) Road
machinery, road rollers or farm tractors.
(c) Antique
vehicles that are maintained as collectors’ items and used for exhibitions,
parades, club activities and similar uses, but not used primarily for the
transportation of persons or property.
(d) Motorcycles.
(4) The offense
described in this section, failure to have windshield wipers, is a Class C
traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §489; 1997 c.402 §13; 2003 c.158 §14]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
2
cases (
2 in the last 5 years), 2023–2023 · leading case:
State v. Rose, 537 P.3d 174 (Or. Ct. App. 2023).
State v. Rose, 537 P.3d 174 (Or. Ct. App. 2023).
“We there- fore conclude that defendant’s Colorado conviction for DWAI is not a conviction involving “impaired driving,” as required by Oregon law under ORS 815.215(1)(a)(B). The trial court said that, alternatively, it would “exercise its discretion” to “deny the diversion…”
State v. Rose (Or. Ct. App. 2023).
“We there- fore conclude that defendant’s Colorado conviction for DWAI is not a conviction involving “impaired driving,” as required by Oregon law under ORS 815.215(1)(a)(B). The trial court said that, alternatively, it would “exercise its discretion” to “deny the diversion…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 815.215(1)(a)(B) — 2 cases
State v. Rose, 537 P.3d 174 (Or. Ct. App. 2023).
“We there- fore conclude that defendant’s Colorado conviction for DWAI is not a conviction involving “impaired driving,” as required by Oregon law under ORS 815.215(1)(a)(B). The trial court said that, alternatively, it would “exercise its discretion” to “deny the diversion…”
State v. Rose (Or. Ct. App. 2023).
“We there- fore conclude that defendant’s Colorado conviction for DWAI is not a conviction involving “impaired driving,” as required by Oregon law under ORS 815.215(1)(a)(B). The trial court said that, alternatively, it would “exercise its discretion” to “deny the diversion…”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.