2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 816 - Vehicle Equipment: Lights
Section 816.340 - Exemptions from required equipment.


(1) ORS 816.320 and 816.330 shall not be construed to prohibit the use of additional parts and accessories on any vehicle consistent with the provisions of those sections.
(2) Vehicles of special interest that are registered under ORS 805.020 shall be deemed in compliance with ORS 816.320 and 816.330 if:
(a) The vehicles are equipped with original manufacturer’s equipment and accessories, or their equivalent, and if the equipment is maintained in safe operating condition; or
(b) The vehicles are street rods that conform to ORS 815.107.
(3) ORS 816.320 and 816.330 do not apply to any of the following vehicles:
(a) Road machinery.
(b) Road rollers.
(c) Farm tractors, implements of husbandry and farm trailers.
(d) Antique vehicles that are maintained as a collector’s item and used for exhibitions, parades, club activities and similar uses, but not used primarily for the transportation of persons or property.
(4) Motorcycles manufactured before 1973 are not required to be equipped with turn signals if the motorcycle is not driven during limited visibility conditions under ORS 811.405 and 811.515.
(5) Truck tractors are not required to be equipped with rear reflectors.
(6) Pole trailers are not required to be equipped with side reflectors, side marker lights, clearance lights or identification lights.
(7) Motor vehicles registered in this state on or before January 1, 1940, are not required to be equipped with a high-beam indicator.
(8) Bicycles shall be equipped with lighting equipment as required under ORS 815.280.
(9) Requirements for warning lights on ambulances are provided under ORS 820.350 and 820.360.
(10) Electric personal assistive mobility devices shall be equipped with lighting equipment as required under ORS 815.284. [1983 c.338 §462; 1985 c.16 §242; 1989 c.402 §12; 1997 c.402 §17; 2003 c.158 §30; 2003 c.341 §19; 2015 c.138 §37]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation

Chapter 816 - Vehicle Equipment: Lights

Section 816.010 - Authority to adopt and enforce standards for lighting equipment; testing for compliance with standards.

Section 816.030 - Selling noncomplying lighting equipment; penalty.

Section 816.040 - Lighting equipment standards; effect of rules.

Section 816.050 - Headlights; rules.

Section 816.060 - Auxiliary lights.

Section 816.070 - Passing lights.

Section 816.080 - Taillights.

Section 816.090 - Registration plate lights.

Section 816.100 - Brake lights.

Section 816.120 - Turn signals.

Section 816.130 - Parking lights.

Section 816.150 - High beam indicator.

Section 816.160 - Rear mounted lighting system.

Section 816.170 - Spotlights.

Section 816.180 - Reflectors.

Section 816.190 - Marker lights.

Section 816.200 - Clearance lights.

Section 816.210 - Identification lights.

Section 816.220 - Exempt-vehicle safety lighting equipment.

Section 816.230 - Fog lights.

Section 816.240 - Hazard lights.

Section 816.250 - Police lights.

Section 816.260 - Bus safety lights.

Section 816.270 - Mail delivery lights.

Section 816.280 - Warning lights.

Section 816.285 - Fire department warning lights.

Section 816.290 - End load lights.

Section 816.300 - Operation with nonstandard lighting equipment; penalty.

Section 816.310 - Exemptions from lighting equipment requirements.

Section 816.320 - Lighting equipment required for motor vehicles.

Section 816.330 - Operation without required lighting equipment; penalty.

Section 816.340 - Exemptions from required equipment.

Section 816.350 - Prohibitions on number and kind of lights for certain vehicles.

Section 816.360 - Use of prohibited lighting equipment; penalty.

Section 816.370 - Exemptions from lighting equipment prohibitions.