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
by Ray Thomas
The two recent fatalities in October of 2007 resulting from large trucks being driven over bicyclists in a marked bicycle lane illustrates that we have a long way to go before bicyclists are safe to ride on the street, even in bicycle lanes. The “right hook,” caused by a right-turning motorist who fails [...]
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by Ray Thomas
Oregon’s bicycle community mourns every time we hear about a seriously injured rider. We share our vulnerability on the roadway so when one of us gets hurt we take it personally. We know like few others how much heart it takes to go out on the roadway and try to share it with [...]
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by Ray Thomas
The 2007 Oregon Legislature passed HB 3314, creating an enhanced penalty for careless diving if it contributes to serious physical injury or death to a “vulnerable user of a public way,” and will go into effect January 1, 2008. The purpose of this article is to discuss the Vulnerable User legal concept and [...]
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Filed under: Bikes & The Law, Road Rules, Safety
by Ray Thomas
This article is a follow-up report to “Dangerous Neighborhood Cranks And What To Do About Them,” (August 2006) which described the background and initiation of prosecution of a motorist who heckled bicyclists for years on the road near his house in rural west Salem. He lived on a popular ride and repeatedly used [...]
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by Mark Lansing
Ever signal a lane change and have somebody speed up to prevent you from making it, instead of backing off to let you in? Or has a motorist ever come close to hitting you on your bicycle because he or she didn’t want to cross the center line?
If so, join the crowd.
A renowned [...]
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Filed under: Racing, Road Riding, Safety, You Heard It Here First
by Ray Thomas
Oregon bicyclists who are also car owners pay for insurance coverage on their automobiles that also covers their families while riding bicycles. A few bicyclists realize that automobile insurance also covers bicyclists and pedestrians and that, when an accident happens, all available resources must be used to pay for the consequences. Previous articles [...]
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Portland’s new Share the Road class takes the sting out of tickets
by Mike Morrison
A new and innovative “Share the Road Safety Class” designed to educate traffic violators on how to safely share the road with bicyclists, pedestrians and motorists was launched in Portland on March 14. The goal of the class is to increase public [...]
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Filed under: Portland Area, Safety
by Ray Thomas
The 2007 Oregon Legislation is considering two bills that would have significant impact on the rights of non-motorized highway users: Senate Bill (SB) 299 and Legislative Counsel (LC) 1292.
The purpose of this article is to provide a brief introduction and overview of the two drafts. It is likely that amendments will change the [...]
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