CALL FLORENCE POLICE AT 997-3515 TO REPORT BIKE LANE VIOLATION
This is getting old now. Oregon 519 CXG got reported to the Florence Police at 4.45 P.M. today.
Officer Shawn Morgan said he would go over and talk to these folks. Next time a claim will be filed.
BIKE LANE: A portion of a roadway which has been designated by striping and pavement markings for the preferential or exclusive use of bicyclists. (http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/BIKEPED/docs/bp_plan_appendices.pdf)
Fortunately, the new Oregon Driver Manual (5/98) includes a section on bicycles and it contains three new bulleted sections about bicycle lanes as follows:
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Do not drive on a bicycle lane. You may cross a bicycle lane when turning or when entering or leaving an alley, private road or driveway. You may use a bicycle lane as part of an official duty, such as delivering mail. Farm equipment may briefly use a bicycle lane to let other traffic pass. You must yield to bicycles in a bicycle lane or on a sidewalk before you turn across the lane or sidewalk. You may not park any motorized vehicle on a bicycle path or lane.
Chapter 811.550 —
Rules of the Road for Drivers
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/811.html
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§ 811.440¹
When motor vehicles may operate in bicycle lanes
(1)
A person may operate a moped on a bicycle lane that is immediately adjacent to the roadway only while the moped is being exclusively powered by human power.
(2)
A person may operate a motor vehicle upon a bicycle lane when:
(a)
Making a turn;
(b)
Entering or leaving an alley, private road or driveway; or
(c)
Required in the course of official duty.
(3)
An implement of husbandry may momentarily cross into a bicycle lane to permit other vehicles to overtake and pass the implement of husbandry.
(4)
A person may operate a motorized wheelchair on a bicycle lane or path.
(5)
A person may operate a motor assisted scooter on a bicycle lane or path.
(6)
A person may operate an electric personal assistive mobility device on a bicycle lane or path. [1983 c.338 §645; 1991 c.417 §1; 2001 c.749 §24; 2003 c.341 §8]
1 Legislative Counsel Committee, CHAPTER 811—Rules of the Road for Drivers, http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/811.html
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