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I agree: get educated!
Keith, you are absolutely right. People need to educate themselves. People are ignorant of, and often times, dismissive of the current laws. Those people ride bikes and drive cars.
In light of our agreement to educate each other, please read the following with is pulled directly from the Oregon Vehicle Code Book:
ORS 811.050 states:
811.050 Failure to yield to rider on bicycle
lane; penalty. (1) A person commits
the offense of failure of a motor vehicle operator
to yield to a rider on a bicycle lane if
the person is operating a motor vehicle and
the person does not yield the right of way to
a person operating a bicycle, electric assisted
bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility
device, moped, motor assisted scooter or motorized
wheelchair upon a bicycle lane.
(2) This section does not require a person
operating a moped to yield the right of way
to a bicycle or a motor assisted scooter if the
moped is operated on a bicycle lane in the
manner permitted under ORS 811.440.
(3) The offense described in this section,
failure of a motor vehicle operator to yield
to a rider on a bicycle lane, is a Class B
traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §698; 1985 c.16 §336;
1991 c.417 §4; 1997 c.400 §8; 2001 c.749 §23; 2003 c.341 §7
As you can clearly see, by the rules of the state, the drivers were in violation of the law in each of the three collisions. So, you are incorrect in saying no citations were given because the drivers didn't break any laws. Why do you think no citations were issued?
Also, please refrain from puerile name calling during this discussion. Thanks!