Are we ready for an Idaho-style bicycle yield law?

From the December, 2008 issue

by Ray Thomas
Would Oregon benefit from a law, similar to the one in Idaho, allowing bicyclists to slow down, yield to traffic and then travel through stop signs without coming to a complete stop or to stop, yield and then travel (when safe) through red lights?   Many if not most cyclists tend to behave this [...]

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The merciful victim

From the December, 2008 issue

by Mark Lansing
Roberto Maranghi was riding his bike home from work on September 26, 2008, when a car nailed him.
Maranghi was approaching a busy road from a side street, preparing to turn right.  Coming exactly the opposite direction, a car turned left onto the side street, cutting the corner. Into Maranghi’s lane.  Front bumper met [...]

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Tour through the High Desert

From the December, 2008 issue

by Jim Colbert
My daughter is about to have her first baby, a girl, in January, 2009, so I took this opportunity to ride from Eugene to visit her in the hills north of Pomeroy, Washington.
I started out on a Sunday taking the LTD bus to the Forest Service McKenzie Bridge District Office.  Having turned 65, [...]

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Ride the Rogue draws the crowds

From the September, 2008 issue

by Karl Benedek
The third annual Ride the Rogue (RTR) is turning into the biggest southern Oregon cycling event in history. This year’s RTR will take place Saturday, September 20, 2008 , starting at 7 AM from Palmerton Park in Rogue River. The biking route options include full, metric, and quarter century rides.  There is also [...]

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Track racing at its best: the Alpenrose Velodrome Challenge

From the September, 2008 issue

by Dave Campbell, photos by Tony Halford
The steeply-banked, 268-meter Portland track played host to some of the world’s best track racers at the Alpenrose Velodrome Challenge.  Held July 18-20th under beautiful weather in Portland’s Southwest hills, the event offered up $13,000 in cash prizes to the brave lycra-clad warriors who came from five nations and [...]

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Clipped in Washington County

From the September, 2008 issue

A Cyclist’s Account of The Citizen Initiated Violation Proceedings (ORS 153.058)
by Ray Thomas and Brion Barnett
For a while now, we have been working to promote and assist cyclists and pedestrians in filing citizen intitiated prosecutions against drivers who violate motor vehicle laws and injure or endanger non-motorized users. Citing dangerous motorists, even when there is [...]

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Three tips and a trap

From the August, 2008 issue

by Mark Lansing
Dear YHIHF:
A couple of months ago (YHIHF May 2008) you suggested that blowing my nose was a cheap and simple substitute for a bicycle bell (to warn others of my approach), but I can’t seem to make much nasal noise.  Any tips?
Dainty

Dear Dainty:
Slide your thumb and forefinger down the bridge of your nose [...]

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Getting your due

From the August, 2008 issue

Accidents involving property damage
by Ray Thomas
Sometimes it’s difficult to get a fair result when a collision with a car results in property damage but no personal injury. While it’s always better not to have to deal with a physical injury, there is not enough money involved from the contingent fee (1/3) on a property damage [...]

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Citizen prosecution of dangerous drivers

From the July, 2008 issue

A users’ guide on how others have done it and how you can do it for yourself
by Ray Thomas
Some drivers are so dangerous that some action must be taken to protect others. It is usually the case that a bad driver will offend again and again and the most serious cases will often result in [...]

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Widow, BTA call for vehicular homicide law

From the July, 2008 issue

The Bicycle Transportation Alliance has announced its intention to pursue a vehicular homicide law in the 2009 session of the Oregon State Legislature. Mary O’Donnell and the Bicycle Transportation Alliance are seeking to better protect roadway users by increasing penalties for drivers who cause deaths as a result of their habitual violation of traffic laws. [...]

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