Bicycle & Skate Law

Vehicular Homicide Legislative Effort by Oregon Bicycle Advocates

Road users in Oregon regularly encounter other drivers whose actions and inability to safely operate their vehicles endangers everybody around them. Regardless of whether the road user is a motorist, a bicyclist, or a pedestrian, their safety is subject to the whims of an enormous number of individuals who are driving carelessly and illegally. Despite our awareness of the hazards to the public presented by these individuals, current public policies are ineffective and ineffectual. There is little accountability for the tragic effects of these individuals' inability or unwillingness to operate their vehicles safely.

Download the pdf file for this report. (posted January 2010)