1. (1) Vehicles and combinations of vehicles, except triple trailers, may operate on a 24-hour, seven-day week basis.

2. (2) Triple trailers may operate on a 24-hour, seven-day week basis on authorized routes unless traveling on a highway which prohibits such movement on holidays or weekends. The holidays include New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day:

   1. (a) When a triple trailer route prohibits movement on weekends, movement is prohibited from 5 p.m. Friday until 10 p.m. Sunday; and

   2. (b) When a triple trailer route prohibits movement on holidays, movement is prohibited during all hours:

      1. (A) Triple trailer movement on any route that has holiday or weekend restriction is prohibited from noon on the Wednesday preceding Thanksgiving Day until sunrise on Monday following Thanksgiving Day;
      2. (B) Triple trailer movement on any route that has holiday or weekend restriction is prohibited between 4 p.m. Thursday and sunrise Monday, when the State observes any of the specified holidays on a Friday;
      3. (C) Triple trailer movement on any route that has holiday or weekend restriction is prohibited between 4 p.m. Friday and sunrise Tuesday, when the State observes one of the specified holidays on a Monday;
      4. (D) Triple trailer movement on any route that has a holiday or weekend restriction is prohibited when a holiday falls on any other day of the week between 4 p.m. on the day preceding the holiday until 12:01 a.m. on the day following the holiday unless it is otherwise restricted.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 810, 184.619 & 818

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 818.200 & 818.220

History

DOD 1-2025, amend filed 03/13/2025, effective 03/13/2025
HWY 3-1995, f. & cert. ef. 10-16-95
HWY 1-1993, f. & cert. ef. 3-16-93
2HD 6-1983, f. & ef. 2-18-83
1OTC 6-1980, f. & ef. 3-27-80