Oregon passes version of “Idaho Stop” law that allows bike riders to treat stop signs as yields
16 years after it was first proposed, we finally did it.
4/25: Hello readers and friends. I'm still recovering from a surgery I had on 4/11, so I'm unable to attend events and do typical coverage. See this post for the latest update. I'll work as I can and I'm improving every day! Thanks for all your support 🙏. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
16 years after it was first proposed, we finally did it.
Just one step remains. A vote on the House floor that will likely go our way.
Your emails this weekend could make all the difference.
Senate Bill 998 — Oregon’s version of the “Idaho Stop” law that would allow bicycle riders to treat stop signs and flashing red signals like yields — has finally made it to the House. Since our report on this bill last week, the bill passed the full Oregon Senate yesterday by a vote of 21 … Read more
Hopefully the bill can keep moving through the process without coming to a complete stop.
Idaho Stop: Easy to do, hard to pass.
Trying to calm the freak out.
10 years after it was last debated in the Oregon Legislature, a concept known as “Idaho Stop” has once again found its way into a bill. And it passed its first committee vote yesterday, just hours before a key legislative deadline. Senate Bill 998 wasn’t on anyone’s radar before last week. Up until then it … Read more