Oregon 2000 - Manual (Page 12)

At intersections, stay on the road. Don’t ride in the crosswalk and
suddenly reappear on the road again. A driver, thinking there is no
one there, may lose sight of you, turn the corner and hit you.
Never ride against traffic
Wrong-way riding is against the law. It’s one of the leading causes of
crashes, accounting for 15% to 20% of all crashes with cars. Riding
against traffic is often based on the fear of traffic hitting you from
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Hazards of wrong-way riding: driver A is looking for traffic on
the left; driver B is looking for traffic ahead; in both cases, a
wrong-way bicyclist is not in the driver's main field of vision.
Alternating between riding on the road and
riding in a crosswalk is confusing to drivers
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