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Senate approves bill
requiring helmet use
SALEM (AT) —
Children under age
16 would be
required to wear a
helmet while riding a hike on a
public roadway under a hill
passed Wednesday by the Ore
gon Senate.
The bill, SB 10R8, sets a fine of
S25 for an infraction But the
sponsor. Sen. Ron Ohm;. D-Port
land. said the idea was to per
suade children to wear helmets,
not to write tickets
"We are not trying to be puni
tive," Cease said. "We want
young people to wear helmets."
('.ease (.ailed the measure the
"fourth corner of a square" of
public safety laws that already
require helmets for motorcyclists,
seat belts for motorists and car
seats for small children.
Children are particularly sus
ceptible to peer pressure and
won't wear helmets if it's unpop
ular with their friends, Cease
said The law would help over
come a notion that children who
wear helmets are nerds, he said.
Sen. Wes Cooley. R-Powol!
Butte, said brain injuries were the
leading cause of death and dis
ability from bicycling accidents
Studies show helmets reduce
brain injuries by H5 percent, he
said
There are about 950 fatalities
each year in the United States
among the country's 90 million
bicyclists
"Bicycle helmets can prevent
these injuries." Cooley, a former
world-class motorcycle racer,
said.
Cease said groups and corpo
rations, including a parent
teacher group in Grants Pass and
retailer Fred Meyer, were work
ing to make low-cost or free hel
mets available to needy children.
The bill originally required all
bicyclists to wear a helmet but
was amended to apply only to
children. Under the bill, parents
or guardians would be held
responsible for children caught
riding without a helmet.
The bill would take effect on
July 1, 1994, giving advocates
time to make sure helmets are
available to children and that
children and parents understand
the need. Cense said.
The bill passed 26-4 and now
goes to the House.
May nears rainfall record
PORTLAND (AP) — The spring of 1993 lias been a wet one, even
by Oregon's damp standards.
ljist month was the second-wettest May at Portland International
Airport since records first were kept there in the 1940s.
This week, a persistent weather system has sent a series of thun
derstorms across the state. While the system is predicted to move
away soon, another is expected to take its place, just in time for Port
land's Rose Festival.
"The way the pattern is now, the chances are pretty good for rainy
days throughout the Rose Festival." said George Miller, meteorolo
gist in charges of the National Weather Service office in Portland
"We should get a break midweek, around Thursday, but the low is
just going to be replaced by another one."
The May rainfall total was 4.36 inches in Portland, more than dou
ble the average of 2.06 and just short of the all-time record of 4.57 set
in 1945. In Fugene, 6.92 inches of rain feil. The average is 2.16.
Other totals included 4 90 inches in Astoria, where the average is
3.02; 3.59 inches in Salem, where the average is 1.88; 2.63 inches
in Medford, where the average is 1 inch; and 1.51 inches in Pendle
ton. where the average is .99.
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