Cop turned lawmaker makes case for removing ‘vehicle accident’ from Oregon statutes
A simple fix, a complicated (for some) concept.
A simple fix, a complicated (for some) concept.
The bill should have broad support among safety advocates, many of whom believe that using the term “accident” implies a collision was unavoidable.
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
Here’s some good news on a little thing we care a lot about: The power of words.
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
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
‘Traffic violence’ comes of age.