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Bicycle mishaps on rise
Campus area
is hazardous
By Bob Waite
l met a>d Conubuu
Whilr spring s fair weather
signals good times for tm \
( lists it ma\ also bring more
bit vi le ,ii i idenls, ai i ording to
area public saletv stall
So /. i 11 u n t e i 1' n i V e rs 11 X
( rime prevention offii er and
1 bane Bishop, (htv of 1 ugene
bn \ ( le ( oordinator, said t bat
m tual bit \ ( le aecitlent stalls
tics are difficult to gather be
cause many of the at i idents are
not reported,
Both agree however the
number of at ( idenls max rise
Serious bit ycle act idenls re
ported ret entlx in t or\allis
Pottage drove and ( resxx ell
max indit ate a trend Bishop
said
'He see sex eral -bit x t le at
t ident x it tiins l per x\ eek iioxx
two to three times the numbei
ot people xve see m tile winter
months " I )r lames |at kstm ol
the Student 1 lealtb ( enter said
Hunter said some ot the
xxorst problem areas on campus
are the breezexvax s and sub
walks marked xxith notices foi
bit xt lists to dismount because
tliex are areas xxith the greatest
non street pedesti iau t raff it
The dismount areas are a
joke People bit yt le Oil them .ill
the time I t an t stand out there
and x\ nit- tic kets eight hours a
tlav." 1 funter said, eniphusiz
ilia the areas are [rusted in tie
interest ot everyone's sated
and not as a reason to write
tu kets
Bishop ami Hunter agreed
that hospital ret ords are the
best indit ator ol bit x t It- at t i
dent trends
We I eel .it least (I percent
ot alt bit xt le at t idents are not
reported \\ e retcixed statistics
for )n 1 x of l'lttH from Sacred
I leart I lospital I here xxeie a t
bike act idents. only eight in
voicing motor vehicles and
onlx lit reported to the Kugene
polo e department Bishop
said
(in.- x\ ax bit xt lists t an avoid
accidents is b\ ruling in at
i ordain e x\ ilb t iregon tratfii
I a x\ S. ! hi lit el and Bishop said
''(Iregon law ret)uires bit \
t lists to rule xx ith lights and re
fb-t tors at night Iiunter said
Both sattl many re|>ortetl at
i idents involve bit xt lists rid
mg on snlexx.dks Motorists do
util look tor bikes oil sidewalks
w hen leaving driveways Bish
op said, anti this leads to t olli
sions.
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The !>t\sl garment tor ryi lists
IS .1 helmet. all three agreed
'The big problem u itll the
hike is it vou get in a very sen
mis accident, you’re a dead
<1 n< k )ai ksun said, adding
that bicyclists are susceptible to
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