![]() Today when I went to the bank I left him in the basket the bike was locked to a staple in front and within sight of the bank. Wondering what the opinion and laws are regarding leaving your dog with your bike while you run into a business for an errand? I have a small dog that rides in a completely enclosed basket (basil pasja w/cover) that is attached to my back rack. I just think the group who first incorporated bicycle specific language in the vehicle code just didn’t think of the situation. It is absurd that it is a prohibited practice if my read is not overlooking something. It would be a pretty straight forward reading of the statutes without anything to interpret (unlike the bike lane example which is an interpretation that leads to an absurd result). I have long said that we should all get together and draft an omnibus bill that would clean up the vehicle-related laws so that a lot of this bicycle stuff isn’t so darn vague and open to interpretation (see the disappearing bike lanes in intersections situation as just one example).Īs the statutes are written, I don’t think a court upholding a citation would be absurd from a legal standpoint. It would be absurd and preposterous for a judge to hold up a citation for the woman in that lead image. I haven’t found any other exemption for a passenger in a bike trailer, but there may be one or it just might be something the authorities do not cite for.ĭidn’t this come up during the Mitch Greenlick debacle?Īnd yes, I think this is just one of many other instances in ORS where it’s not clear how a bicycle-related behavior applies. ![]() To me, nothing in the very nature of a bicycle towing a trailer compels that that prohibition against it cannot be applied to bicycles. The prohibition against passenger’s in trailers in ORS 811.195 is not limited to “motor vehicles” towing trailers and the vehicle code provides that vehicle laws are applicable to bicycles, ORS 814.400, unless by their very nature they cannot be applied. Vehicle is defined to be any device in, upon or on any person or property may be drawn upon a public highway under ORS 801.590. Trailer is defined as “any vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle” under ORS 801.560. ![]() Highway is defined to pretty much include all streets in Oregon, not just interstates or freeways under ORS 801.305. ORS 811.195 provides that “a person commits the offense of having a passenger in a trailer if the person operates a vehicle on a highway while towing any type of trailer that contains a passenger.” It lists some exceptions, but none appear to apply to bicycle trailers. There might be a traffic violation in the first picture, but it is not for the dog. (And for reference, it doesn’t prohibit you from carrying a dog in a bag or basket, unless it, “prevents the person from keeping at least one hand upon the handlebar and having full control at all times.” He said the closest thing in the Oregon Revised Statutes that would even remotely apply would be 814.450: “Unlawful load on bicycle.” But that law only deals with carrying the load, not on something attached and running alongside you. We asked Charley Gee of Swanson, Thomas, Coon & Newton for an answer. I’m wondering, is there a law prohibiting biking with dogs? Or how do others feel about this?” For the most part, I get smiles, but today was the first time that someone just seemed outright pissed to witness such a site. ![]() I like to take him to work with me at least one day a week. He’s quite behaved and stops at stop lights and knows his right and left, and is quite good at drinking out of the water bottle as well. ![]() Oso and I have been biking together from the beginning. Lady in a sedan with 3 kids in it, drove by (going the same direction as me) and slowed down and rolled down her window, leaned over the front seat so her head was nearly out the side of the passenger window and yelled “You cannot be on the road with your dog!” and pointed/waived her finger at me, and then zoomed off. ![]()
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