Bicycles & The Law: SELF-DEFENSE FOR BICYCLISTS
Our law firm has represented bicycle riders in legal cases since 1981. We are advocates for bicyclists' rights to the roads and trails. We volunteer our time…
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Refusal to Identify Oneself While Riding a Bicycle
While motor vehicle operators are required by statute to carry their operator’s license or permit on their person, pedestrians are exempt from this legal requirement.…
Read More Bike Lane Right of Way Continues Even Without Painted Line Through Intersection
In June 2009, Carmen Piekarski was riding in the bike lane on SE Hawthorne at 10th Avenue when the driver next to her, according to…
Read More Skateboarders And Rollerbladers Granted Legal Access
In third world countries, roadways are frequently a vital artery, a link filled with people on foot, weighted down by loads, pushing wagons and…
Read More Oregon Statute Makes Dangerous Storm Drains Illegal
In years past, storm drains have presented a significant hazarddirection of travel that were wide enough to “eat” bicycle wheels. Newer designs have a crisscross pattern,…
Read More Trouble In The Family
STRAIGHTENING THE SHELVES IN THE BICYCLE LAW CUPBOARD: OREGON 2005 LEGISLATURE PROPOSALS Oregon traffic law fails to authorize several routine and necessary maneuvers frequently…
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