Oregon law

With new radar, speeders may get warnings

Written November 4th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

Albany police are planning to buy a better type of speed-radar trailer, one that can record the license plates of vehicles it observes to be speeding.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany council, Albany police, Oregon law, photo radar, police radar, speed control, speed limits, speed radar

Bird scooters: Learn how and where to park

Written May 18th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 30 responses.

The Bird scooters are still in their first month of being available in Albany, and there may be a learning curve yet to be climbed.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Bird company, Bird scooters, electric scooters, helmet law, Oregon law, sidewalks

Fog lights: Use only when needed

Written January 22nd, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

Three years ago, state authorities were moved to remind Oregon drivers about the correct and legal use of fog or auxiliary lights. The advice didn’t take. “It seems to me,” reader Steven Mills correctly observes in an email, “that hundreds of drivers driving with fog lights turned on need an education on the Oregon laws.” His is […]

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Tags: fog lights, ODOT, Oregon law, Oregon State Police