I just noticed while walking into work yesterday (NE Sandy Blvd near NE 28th Ave) that the walk signal now has a time limit. It runs down at 15 to zero seconds to allow a walker to cross the marked pedestrian crosswalk.

Timed cross walk signals will give the walker more assurance in terms of the time they need to cross from one side of the road to the other.

Timed crosswalks, if they spread throughout the greater Portland Oregon area, will create a new atmosphere in which the walker versus the car gets an upper hand.

You certainly can get a money settlement if you are thrown from the open bed of a pickup truck in Oregon and Washington. You can get money for pain and medical bills even if you are not wearing a seat belt. Current Oregon law dings you 5% on an injury claim if you are not belted in as required by Oregon law.

The 5% ding penalty for not wearing a seat belt won’t apply if there was not a seat belt available for you to wear. Serious injury like a head injury, broken leg and/or broken arm can occur if you as a passenger are thrown from a pickup or truck bed in Oregon or Washington.

Serious bodily injury may occur when a car driver opens a car door and strikes a bicyclist. With any car bike crash accident in Oregon or Washington the car driver will (in most cases) be liable for injury done to the bike rider who passes by and gets struck by the car door.

The bicyclist who runs into the open door could possibly be thrown to the pavement. The usual and expected injury to a bike rider being thrown onto the road include contusions, possible broken arm and leg, as well as neck and back strain. Head injury and brain damage is common place with bike car crashes.

Since most bicyclists in Oregon and Washington don’t have PIP or medical on their bike, the at fault car insurance carrier will process medical bills through the at fault car’s pip policy.