[SDCBC] Oregon bicycle laws for the California-bred?

[Bicyclist]

Nice animation except of course, most competent bicyclists would have 
moved/merged out of the (in California, dashed) bike lane to a 
straight through orientation and not been delayed like the animated 
bicyclist is shown to have been.

At 03:16 PM 6/13/2008, Serge Issakov wrote:
>The main difference in CA/OR laws that I know of that affect
>bicyclists are related to how right-turning motorists are supposed to
>treat bike lanes.
>
>In CA motorists are required to merge into the bike lane (yielding to
>any cyclists in it) before turning right.
>In OR motorists are prohibited from merging into the bike lane, and
>must drive all the way to the intersection without entering the bike
>lane, then turn right across it.
>
>Thanks to google, I was able to find an article from a while ago that
>had a really cool animated graphic showing the difference.
>Here it is:
>
>http://blog.oregonlive.com/multimedia/2007/10/right_of_way_animation.html
>
>Be extra vigilant of right hooks in Oregon!
>
>Serge
>
>
>On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Mike Elliott 
><camping.elliott at gmail.com> wrote:
> > My wife and I are moving to Bend, Oregon, this summer. Today's issue of
> > the local Bend paper (the Bend Bulletin) has an article about how more
> > people are wanting to ride bikes these days,* and that they are
> > discovering that a lot of roads lack amenities such as bike lanes, or are
> > scary narrow to ride on. As a native Californian, I know my rights and
> > responsibilities w/r/t riding in traffic, and don't mind taking the lane
> > when conditions warrant it, but reading the article made me consider that
> > what I know about the CVC might not apply to the OVC. Here's the
> > bicycle/pedestrian portions of the Oregon Vehicle Code:
> >
> > http://www.massbike.org/bikelaw/oregon.htm
> >
> > Near as I can tell, my riding habits don't need to change: same
> > responsibilities and rights as a motorized vehicle (within reason), take
> > the lane when you need to, signal, etc. But before I act all knowledgeable
> > and say that to my wife, I'd probably do well to ask folks here to point
> > out anything that might get your average California road bikie into
> > trouble up there.
> >
> > Many thanks!
> >
> > ==============
> > *Such articles are probably appearing in most newspapers these days what
> > with fuel prices being the way they are....
> >
> > --
> > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> >
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