u/TouchdownThoth

New to Portland so all the bike lanes are still new to me. But not to be rude, the pedestrians here seem overly brave. They often barrel into a crosswalk without even looking the other way. I know cars yield to pedestrians, but didn’t know that means they can just walk out in front of traffic. Sometimes I am mid turn and someone is crossing a street and not even looking! It’s wild to me bc where I’m from we learned to look both ways before we cross. Maybe I’m tripping but pedestrians seem exceptionally entitled here. Is this a thing?

Oregon law also says a pedestrian cannot suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and move into the path of a vehicle that is so close that it constitutes an “immediate hazard.” That’s ORS 814.040. ✌️