Cop turned lawmaker makes case for removing ‘vehicle accident’ from Oregon statutes
A simple fix, a complicated (for some) concept.
words matter
Bill would replace ‘accident’ with ‘crash’ in Oregon laws
The bill should have broad support among safety advocates, many of whom believe that using the term “accident” implies a collision was unavoidable.
A quippy slogan has galvanized the ‘ban cars movement’
It’s impossible to explain the crusade to reform the American transportation system with a quippy slogan. But a successful movement needs a catchy tagline, and some bike and transit activists have settled on “ban cars” as the t-shirt and sticker-worthy phrase to summarize their ideology. To the average car-dependent American, however, the rallying cry comes … Read more
New Oregon statewide bicycling manual uses people-first language
Here’s some good news on a little thing we care a lot about: The power of words.
A critique of a police statement that blames victim of serious collision
A man is in the hospital with serious injuries following a collision Tuesday night in Clark County. It happened while he was bicycling on a major street in Vancouver about six miles north of Portland. Only 12 hours after it happened the Clark County Sheriff’s Office released a statement that is very troubling. Laced with … Read more
Portland radio show hosts: ‘Jerk bikers’ deserve ‘clothesline wire’ for riding through parking lot
A trio of local sports radio show hosts has posted a video where they talk about how they’d like to seriously injure “jerk bikers.” The two men in the video are Isaac Ropp and Jason “Big Suke” Scukanec, hosts of Primetime with Isaac & Suke, which the station bills as, “Portland’s most popular sports talk … Read more
At hearing on speed limit bills, lawmaker bristles at mention of ‘traffic violence’
‘Traffic violence’ comes of age.