kinda harsh?
10-27-13 | 11:23 PM
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cop kinda harsh?
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10-28-13 | 09:28 AM
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as someone said in the comments on youtube. A bike is a vehicle, so he is allowed to ride in the street if he wants to (granted he isn't commanding a lane). As much of an inconvenience this situation would be, I would love to fight the cop in court for it just to piss him off
10-28-13 | 09:43 AM
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wut. he wasn't even in the traffic side of the line. huh?
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10-28-13 | 10:14 AM
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as someone said in the comments on youtube. A bike is a vehicle, so he is allowed to ride in the street if he wants to (granted he isn't commanding a lane). As much of an inconvenience this situation would be, I would love to fight the cop in court for it just to piss him off
Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a person commits the offense of failure to use a bicycle lane or path if the person operates a bicycle on any portion of a roadway that is not a bicycle lane or bicycle path when a bicycle lane or bicycle path is adjacent to or near the roadway.
There are a couple of exemptions, but overall it's not a very good law.
10-28-13 | 11:51 AM
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He could argue that he wasn't outside of the lane and he could argue he was avoiding debris in the lane (which the cop disagrees with in the video), but Oregon has a law that states that if a bike lane exists, you MUST use that bike lane.
https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/814.420
There are a couple of exemptions, but overall it's not a very good law.
https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/814.420
There are a couple of exemptions, but overall it's not a very good law.
10-28-13 | 12:04 PM
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Too lazy or too stupid to understand 'protect and serve'.
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10-28-13 | 12:06 PM
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That's BS and certainly not a typical experience even if the lane is fine. I always ride far left or even in the traffic lane in such situations and have never had a problem.
Riding far left is not only good for debris, but it helps you against threats coming from the side, prevents the right hook, and it tells you who knows you're there as they approach from behind. If you ride far right, cars treat you very differently and you can expect them to drift into the bike lane from time to time.
Riding far left is not only good for debris, but it helps you against threats coming from the side, prevents the right hook, and it tells you who knows you're there as they approach from behind. If you ride far right, cars treat you very differently and you can expect them to drift into the bike lane from time to time.
