OREGON E LAW

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    FUNERALS, EXCEEDING SPEED
          811.806 Exceeding maximum speed for funeral procession; penalty. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person commits the offense of exceeding the maximum speed for a funeral procession if:
          (a) The person is driving in a funeral procession on a highway with a speed limit of less than 50 miles per hour and the person drives at a speed that exceeds five miles per hour less than the speed limit; or
          (b) The person is driving in a funeral procession on a highway with a speed limit greater than 50 miles per hour and the person drives at a speed that exceeds 45 miles per hour.
          (2) The offense described in this section, exceeding the maximum speed for a funeral procession, is a Class D traffic violation. [1991 c.482 §12; 1995 c.383 §3]
     
          811.808 Exemption from speed limits for funeral escort vehicle. Notwithstanding ORS 811.111 or 811.295, while overtaking the funeral procession in order to direct traffic at the next intersection, the funeral escort vehicle may exceed the posted speed limit by 10 miles per hour and may cross the center line of a roadway that is divided into two or more lanes.
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