charley gee p.c.

Cyclists will often encounter people running in the bike lane. Runners, especially the more experienced and faster ones, prefer to run in bike lanes over the sidewalks in order to avoid driveways, curbs, and pavement defects. Occasionally this will lead to a conflict. So, is it legal to run in a bike lane in Oregon? I’ve already written about how it is illegal to walk or run in the street in Oregon. But there is a key word in the law that makes it legal to run in the bike

Over on the Oregon Pedestrian Lawyer blog: Is it legal to walk or run in the street in Oregon? Charley Gee is a Portland, Oregon Personal Injury Attorney. He is best known for being a Portland, Oregon Pedestrian Attorney and a Portland, Oregon, Bicycle Attorney. He maintains blogs on Oregon Bicycle Laws and Oregon Pedestrian Laws. #Pedestrians

Here the answer is simple: yes. Oregon cyclists riding on the "highway" must follow all of the same laws that motor vehicle operators must follow. This includes yielding to pedestrians in a crosswalk. Charley Gee is a Portland personal injury attorney. He focuses his practice on representing injured cyclists and pedestrians statewide throughout Oregon and Washington. #OregonBikeLaws #Pedestrians

Yes, a bicyclist, when passing pedestrians on a sidewalk, must give “an audible signal”. ORS 814.410(1)(b). Where it gets tricky is in the definitions. What is a sidewalk?: Sidewalk has a pretty hefty definition in the Oregon Vehicle Code but the biggest clue you are on a sidewalk is whether or not it it runs alongside a road, street, or highway, and is capable of being used by a pedestrian. This means multi-use paths like Portland’s Springwater Corridor or the paths in pa