10 Driving Laws Just Changed in 2026

[HenryFan]

I did not watch much of the video in the original post because what I saw didn't seem plausible to me.

It seemed to advise that individual states were enforcing Federal law concerning traffic enforcement. I admit that there are situations where states do enforce Federal law but they are very limited in scope compared to enforcement of state law. Two situations that comes to mind is state wildlife conservation officers enforcing Federal migratory bird laws or when state transportation police enforce ICC commercial vehicle regulations. Probably others but that is all that comes to my mind at the moment.

Also, the video seemed to warn that these situations are point violations on a driver's license. It is my experience, at least in my state, is that safety belt violations, overly dark auto glass tints and failure to use a hand-free cell phone are not point violations. They do incur the possibility of fine but not points.

That is why I quit watching the video after a short period.

I may be wrong and may have given some misinformation above but in any event, I still think the video is hooey.

Be aware that I have never set foot in a law school.

[Sir Henry]

Decades ago small rural towns in Washington would post 35 mph speeds in the town. Then when you were clearly out of town they wouldn’t repost the higher highway speeds. Yep those 35 mph zones didn’t change for a couple miles.

[Headhog]

I wouldn't trust this information provided further that I can throw my computer. It's an AI generate video and the entire channel has less than 6k subscribers. That alone tells me this was just created and placed on YouTube to get clicks. If you watch the spokes person for a few minutes you will notice his motions and movements are repetitive. Too much of this going around now it's very annoying. AI generate videos have a good purpose, but providing information like this is not it.

Paul

[Mags]

When I poked on the video link the first time, it went to a different 10 new laws for 2026. When I went back to review the video again It would appear I got the target video.

Anyway, I googled the 200ft wait distance after an emergency vehicle goes by. Asking many different ways, I got notta. There also isn't a Federal hands free law. Just some states. There is a Federal hands free law for commercial drivers. Signage before cameras. Oregon has a law that requires signage and has had for many years. Oregon does have new teen driver restrictions, but not new for 2026. School zone (and work zone) double fines in Oregon have been here for quite some time. In Oregon you can get DUI for cannabis impairment.

[dave77]

No speed cameras here. We do have 3 red light cameras. I actually wish there were more as drivers here are notorious for running red lights. I always look both ways before starting off after the light turns green. The other two things I hate are tailgaters and people who speed and don't pay attention to pedestrians when driving in parking lots.

[Mags]

Red light cameras here also do speed. You can get a double ticket. One for speeding to rush a yellow light, along with a red light if you haven't cleared the intersection in time..