For the purposes of OAR 734-020-0300 through 734-020-0330, the following definitions apply:

1. (1) “Authorized user” or “user” means an emergency vehicle, a bus or a traffic signal maintenance vehicle that is equipped with a traffic control signal operating device and operated by a driver who has been trained in the proper use of a traffic control signal operating device as established by OAR 734-020-0330 and is operating an approved system.
2. (2) “Bus” is as defined in ORS 184.675. Only buses with pneumatic tires are subject to OAR 734-020-0300 through 734-020-0330.
3. (3) “Bus priority system” is a traffic control signal system that includes a traffic control signal operating device and signal preemption device designated to provide buses the capability to modify the green intervals but not the display sequence of a traffic control signal. The system can be implemented for an intersection, an arterial corridor or a defined geographic area.
4. (4) “Emergency preemption system” is a traffic control signal system that includes a traffic control signal operating device and signal preemption device for the purpose of providing emergency vehicles the capability to modify the green intervals of a traffic control signal or change the display sequence. The system can be implemented for an intersection, an arterial corridor or a defined geographic area.
5. (5) “Emergency vehicle” is as defined in ORS 801.260.
6. (6) “Fire emergency vehicle” is an emergency vehicle operated by a public fire agency.
7. (7) “Signal preemption device” means traffic control signal equipment that reacts to a traffic control signal operating device and produces signal preemption and/or signal priority. A signal preemption device may respond to a single activation or may respond in recognition of priorities assigned to different users.
8. (8) “Traffic control signal” means a type of highway traffic signal by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and permitted to proceed.
9. (9) “Traffic control signal operating device” means any active or passive device that is affixed to, or carried within, a vehicle that causes a change in the operation of a traffic control signal located at an intersection.
10. (10) “Traffic control signal owners” means the road authority that owns the traffic control signal.
11. (11) “Traffic control signal operators” or “operator” means an entity other than the owner that operates or maintains the traffic control signal for the owner.
12. (12) “Traffic signal maintenance vehicle” means a vehicle used to maintain traffic control signals.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 184.616, 184.619 & 810.260

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 810.260, 815.440 & 815.445

History

HWD 9-2010, f. & cert. ef. 8-27-10
TO 4-1998, f. & cert. ef. 4-16-98