Its now a first that bikes are legally OK in the Rose Quarter Transit Center. I bet that TriMet bus versus bikers will result in injury crashes despite the coordinated efforts to develop a plan by TriMet, BTA and the City.

Among the multiple point safety precautions like rerouting some buses there will be a Max warning sounding horn to alert bikers.

So given that this bike corridor is sorely needed and will be among the most used it remains to be scene whether safety will come out on top for Oregon bicyclists.

School bus injuries to students are unique and its often the case that the parents pip policy will step up to cover the immediate payment of medical bills and any claim against the school for bad driving.

While as of today no laws mandate bus seat belts they are indeed required in the form of lap belts on the smaller 5 ton buses. The bus lap belt rules is soon to be broadened as the US government will require full lap and seat belts on the smaller buses but not until 2011.

However the new law also won’t require belt in the regular sized school buses as the thinking is the higher seat provide safety and could force some student into areas of the bus which would be even more dangerous.

Each fall season, people get serious injuries like; fractured hip, broken arm or broken leg. This is because the home owner either doesn’t understand or care that it is their responsibility to sweep or rake up leaves on their sidewalk and/or property. It is not the city’s job to clean up these leaves.

Just last weekend a neighbor of mine decided to rake his leaves along with the yard debris into the street. He did this without any concern that this could be a safety hazard for cars and pedestrians. I informed his wife that it was dangerous and unlawful to do such an act. If someone was to receive an injury from his actions, he would be liable and therefore could lose a lot more than just money, but also his home.

When you rake your leaves into the street, it is the same as throwing garbage or other items that could create a safety hazard. Instead of raking them into the street, use a composts or even using the green yard debris barrels we all received from the City of Portland.