Pedal pushers need to register bikes
By ERIC JONES
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Riding a bicycle can be ser
ious business
All bikes ridden and parked
on campus must be registered
with Campus Security The tee
tor registering a bike is $2, but
bikes registered within the past
five years don't have to be re
registered
Information on bicycle regis
tration and parking is available
at the Public Satety Otfice in
Straub Hall
The City ot Eugene doesn't
register bikes anymore, but
does enforce laws that apply to
bicycles in the city Sgt Don
Ellingson a member of the COP
team, says bicyclists are ex
pected to obey Oregon traffic
rules Attention is directed to
accident-causing violations, but
enforcement is up to the discre
tion of the officers on patrol
No “crackdown" is planned
by the Eugene Police Depart
ment this fall, but citations are
issued to cyclists 14 years and
older who disobey the law. says
Ellingson. who rates bikes a
“nine'' on a traffic-problem
scale of one to 10
“Bikes are more of a problem
in Eugene than in other com
munities." he says, "so the
police pay more attention to
bike traffic ”
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The City of Eugene Municipal
Court processes more than 10
complaints against cyclists
each day Violations (and
typical fines) include riding the
wrong way on a one-way street
($29), failing to obey a traffic
signal ($29), riding a bicycle on
the mall ($10) and driving with
out lights inadequate equip
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One afternoon this summer.
University journalism major
Cindy Dawson found out the
hard way that bicycle thieves
stop at nothing if they want to
steal a bike
Dawson cabled her 10-speed
Univega to a bike rack outside
Allen Hall When she returned a
half hour later, the bike and
cable were gone, probably into
a van or truck operated by
professional bike thieves
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Campus Security received
reports of 367 bikes stolen last
year In Eugene, the losses are
even more staggering 1,733
bikes worth an estimated
$260,000 were reported stolen
in the city in 1980, up 8 percent
in one year; 254 bikes were
stolen last year in the West
University Neighborhood, up 41
percent in two years, and bicy
cle theft was up significantly in
most other Eugene and Spring
field neighborhoods
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In Eugeni, bicyclists are treated as vehicles by the police depart
ment They are subject to the same rules of the road and can be
ticketed and fined for traffic infractions
In addition to registration
programs at the Universrty and
in Springfield. Project ID oper
ated by the Eugene Police
Department, helps deter thieves
and return bikes to their rightful
owners
A driver's license or student
ID number is stamped into the
frame of a bike, and the bike is
entered into a nationwide
property-recovery system The
stamping is free and takes only
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