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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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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by Mark Lansing
One of YHIHF’s heroes from the Tour of California (featured two months ago), prologue winner Fabian Cancellara, recently topped that victory with a superb win at the 2008 Milan-San Remo bicycle race.
Almost 200 miles long, much of it along the beautiful Mediterranean coast of Italy, this is arguably the most classic of the [...]
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Rights to development of pedestrian/bicycle facilities
Background
The legal rights in Oregon to development of pedestrian/bicycle facilities were established in the 1971 Oregon Bicycle Bill. The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) describes the evolution of this important legislation on its website as follows:
ORS 366.514, aka the bike bill, was passed by the Oregon Legislature in 1971. It [...]
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by Mark Lansing
We have previously touted Portland, Eugene and Jacksonville as the best places in Oregon to ride. To that list, one must add Bend.
The volcanic-dirt and pine-needle trail south of town along the Deschutes River is breath-taking. The trail along the Deschutes in the north part of town is almost as nice, if not [...]
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Filed under: Advice, Eastern Oregon, Opinion, Safety, Travel, You Heard It Here First
On working to create a legal movement for non-motorized roadway users in Oregon
by Ray Thomas
It is time for us to band together with all user groups and pursue our common goals of making Oregon’s roads more safe. Significant progress has already been made in recent years by the activist bicyclist movement, efforts to increase the [...]
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by Mark Lansing
On February 18, 2008, the Powers That Be joined forces to send me to the Bay Area to cover the Tour of California.
In an eight-day stage race that has rapidly risen to become the top field annually (and perhaps ever) in the United States, top national and international stars were listed to start, [...]
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by Ray Thomas
We have previously discussed, from both a legal and citizen perspective, “The Red Pick-Up Guy” of West Salem who was prosecuted for multiple criminal charges in July, 2007 by the Polk County District Attorney. This was the fellow (reported to the Polk County Sheriff by numerous members of the Salem Bicycle Club) who [...]
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Filed under: Bikes & The Law, Road Rules, Safety, Willamette Valley
by Ray Thomas
In July of 2006, I wrote an article on how cyclists can deal with “neighborhood crank” drivers, who for some reason have it in for bike riders. The article discussed the case of the “Red Pick-up Guy,” who was the bane of cyclists in the West Salem, Oregon area for years before local [...]
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by Mark Lansing
Rising at light speed into bicyclist lexicon, the “right hook” has become well known for all the wrong reasons. Two well publicized accidents in Portland this October took two lives. Both resulted when motor vehicles made right turns in front of bikers riding in the same direction, hence the term, right hook.
Jeff Mapes [...]
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Filed under: Opinion, Safety, You Heard It Here First
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