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Taxi: Service is available in evenings ft Continued from Page 1 it’s not surprising Eugene enjoys a long-standing reputation for bike-friendliness,” the article said. Niles, who doesn’t own a car, agrees Eugene is a bike-friendly city, but he thinks it could im prove. “Bicycles need to be recog nized more as a prime mode of transportation,” he said. Niles said the service will ex pand to Amtrak and Greyhound depots Sunday evenings to pick up students from weekend trips. The Tandem Taxi also offers a shuttle to Ducks' Village and Chase Village from 13th Avenue and University Street at 8:30 p.m. The service is available every day from 8:30 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. Bicyclists urged to follow rules of the road Students who disregard hike laws could facefines or, worse, injuries By Megan Turner Higher Education Reporter A bicyclist cruises through an intersection at top speed, with out regard to pedestrians or mo torists. Soon afterward, a police officer pulls him over, gives him a citation and fines him $115 for failure to yield at a stop sign. Another bicyclist slows down at the intersection, checking to make sure all cars have stopped, and passes through. She also re ceives a $115 fine, the same cita tion fee as if a motorist had failed to yield at a stop sign. Eugene police are cracking down, especially around the University. Many student riders are in an uproar over what is con sidered a broad gray area sur rounding rules and regulations for bicyclists. Pat Flanigan, an anthropology major, recently received a $115 ticket for failing to stop at the cor ner of 15th Avenue and Univer sity Street. Although he slowed down, he admits he probably should have yielded a little more to the only carat the intersection. But Flanigan was still upset because he did not receive an ex planation. Being ftom California, he is uneducated when it comes to Oregon’s rules regarding bicy clists. In California, the fines for bicyclists are half that of mo torists. "There should be a line be tween an automobile and a bike,” Flanigan said. Bev Mason, community ser vices officer for the Eugene po lice dept., said the same rules that apply to cars apply to bicy cles. She also said people from out-of-state should educate themselves about bike safety, es pecially the rules and regula tions. There are basically three rules that students should be sure to follow when riding a bike on campus, Mason said. First, bicy clists should follow bike lane ar rows — on 13th Avenue and Alder Street, for example, where signs detour bicyclists down 11th Avenue. Second, bicyclists should follow traffic devices, in cluding stop signs, traffic signals and bike detour signs. Finally, bicyclists must use reflectors when riding at night. Also, al though wearing a helmet is not required by law, Mason encour ages bicyclists to do so. Mason receives around 15 complaints a week similar to Flanigan's. She said fines are high because students need to understand that biking is just as dangerous as driving a car. “We’d like not to have people die," Mason said. “As much as students don’t like getting tick ets, people die from running through stop signs." But students are not treating bicycling as a big deal, said Eu gene police officer Greg Caylef. He said his “biggest pet peeve” occurs when bicyclists "flagrant ly” roll through intersections at high speeds. Racing through intersections at top speed is not a rare occur rence, Caylef said. He has had to give out several hundred tickets — most of which have been in the past few weeks. 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