- (1) The Department of Transportation shall post signs in safety corridors chosen by the department indicating that fines for traffic offenses committed in those safety corridors will be doubled.
(2)
- (a) The presumptive fine for a person charged with an offense that is listed in subsection (3)(a) or (b) of this section and that is committed in a safety corridor chosen by the department under subsection (1) of this section shall be the amount established under ORS 153.020.
- (b) The minimum fine for a person convicted of a misdemeanor offense that is listed in subsection (3)(c) to (g) of this section and that is committed in a safety corridor is 20 percent of the maximum fine established for the offense.
- (c) The minimum fine for a person convicted of a felony offense that is listed in subsection (3)(c) to (g) of this section and that is committed in a safety corridor is two percent of the maximum fine established for the offense.
(3) This section applies to the following offenses if committed in the designated safety corridors:
- (a) Class A or Class B traffic violations.
- (b) Class C or Class D traffic violations related to exceeding a legal speed.
- (c) Reckless driving, as defined in ORS 811.140.
- (d) Driving while under the influence of intoxicants, as defined in ORS 813.010.
- (e) Failure to perform the duties of a driver involved in a collision, as described in ORS 811.700 or 811.705.
- (f) Criminal driving while suspended or revoked, as defined in ORS 811.182.
- (g) Fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, as defined in ORS 811.540.
[1999 c.1071 §5; 1999 c.1071 §5a; 2001 c.421 §1; 2003 c.100 §3; 2007 c.124 §1; 2011 c.597 §116; 2018 c.22 §11]