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I'm honestly curious. This seems like a way to create lots of legal corner cases. Can I drive a car on any beach in Oregon? Is it (technically) illegal to bike/

• krrrh 8y ago
  I’m not sure about state law in Oregon, but the term highway existed before the existence of cars, so calling something a highway doesn’t automatically mean you can drive on it. Similarly, while Americans have a consitutional right to use waterways for transportation, local restrictions can limit the type of boat allowed on a particular stream or lake to prevent the use of motorboats where it would harm wildlife for instance. There are frequent legal battles when someone buys a large chunk of land that has a stream going through it, only to discover that they can’t legally prevent recreational users from wading, floating, or fishing down it, as long as they don’t go past the high-water mark. Sometimes it’s the only practical way to access otherwise inaccessible public land. Source: http://www.themeateater.com/listen/meateater/ep-136-locked-out http://www.themeateater.com/listen/meateater/ep-136-locked-o...
• rootusrootus 8y ago
  I'm not aware of any strange corner cases, but there are definitely some beaches that are legal to drive on. They are clearly marked, and the rest is off-limits to motorized vehicles.
• dragonwriter 8y ago
  You seem to be confusing “highway” with the much narrower term “freeway”.