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Old November 6th 18, 04:32 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Frank Krygowski[_2_]
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Default Oregon judge: Bike lanes don't continue through intersections

On Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 9:38:09 AM UTC-5, jbeattie wrote:
On Monday, November 5, 2018 at 6:15:49 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
According to an Oregon judge, bike lanes don't legally exist in
intersections.

It's a bit odd, because car lanes do, even though (for practical
reasons) they are not marked. If you are driving in a lane just before
an intersection, you are expected to stay in that same unmarked lane
within the intersection and drive in the same lane past the
intersection. On a four-lane road, a motorist to your left is not
allowed to smash into you by changing lanes mid-intersection.

For a bike lane, this judge says it's different:
https://bikeportland.org/2018/10/17/...FVWPMeZZbRZuqo

This sounds like an excellent reason to leave the bike lane before an
intersection and claim the normal vehicle lane.


Yes, although AFRAP still applies. I should draft a bill. Let me know if you have any language.

Reading the comments, it looks like the rider charged the intersection, and the truck was turning slowly. This is the classic get squashed scenario. I go around.


This information needs to be much more widely spread:
https://cyclingsavvy.org/what-cyclis...-about-trucks/

Along with much else, it's covered in the free online Cycling Savvy course:
https://cyclingsavvy.org/courses/ess...-short-course/

Trouble is, very few people realize that you actually need to _learn_ about
riding a bike. They think they already know all there is to know.

The Oregon incident and many others like it should prove they're wrong.

- Frank Krygowski
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