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Bill could help cyclists at lights

Written March 16th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

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The Oregon Senate has passed, without dissent, a bill intended to help motorcyclists and bicyclists when they are stuck a traffic signals that refuse to detect them standing there. The House now has the bill, and it could do something to make it even more helpful before passing it too.

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Tags: bicycles, motorcycles, Oregon legislature, SB 533, trraffic signals

After the Big One, you need wheels

Written April 9th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

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The minor earthquakes in the Sherwood area and on Mount Hood are routine and nothing to worry about, according to scientists quoted in the news. But they remind us all that, as we’ve been warned countless times, the Big One is coming and we had better be prepared.

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Tags: bicycles, earthquake kits, earthquake survival, Oregon earthquakes, The Big One

A road tax on new bikes

Written May 29th, 2013 by

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Nobody likes more taxes, but as someone who often rides a bicycle on public roads, I would not mind as modest bike tax that goes into the state highway fund. This idea has been kicking around for years, and Colorado is said to have just such a tax. Now, according to a report in the […]

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Tags: bicycles, excise tax on bikes

On passing cyclists

Written October 25th, 2012 by

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For people who ride bikes, there’s bad news from California. The governor, Jerry Brown, has vetoed a bill that would make it unlawful for drivers to pass bicyclists closer than three feet. According to a report in Bycycling magazine, the governor said he was worried about a provision allowing drivers to cross the double center line […]

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Tags: bicycles, California, drivers, governor Brown, Oregon

HASSO HERING

Bill could help cyclists at lights

After the Big One, you need wheels

A road tax on new bikes

On passing cyclists