Month: July 2011

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Loch Raven Trail Access

[B’ Spokes: Two important issues coming up, Make them if you can. More info in the link at the end of the article.]

 The Housing and Community Development Subcommittee will meet on Wednesday, July 27, 2011at 11:00 a.m. in the City Council Chambers, 4th Floor of City Hall, located at 100 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 to hear the following legislation:

CC 09-0173R – Informational Hearing – Mountain Biking on City Reservoir Watershed Property

A copy of the legislation can be found here for your review.

We need to pack the house on this one! This may be our only opportunity to be heard in front of City Council, so let’s show them how much interest there is in Loch Raven! Forward this email to every cyclist you know that cares about Loch Raven. We need to show our numbers!

Also, make every attempt you can at coming to the Trail Work Day on July 23 at Loch Raven! These volunteer numbers have been huge for showing our dedication to this resource.

We are having our second trail work day at Loch Raven on July 23, 2011 from 8:00am-12:00pm. This event will be the first of two trail work days using our REI grant to repair erosion issues at Loch Raven.

You can download both a flier and map containing the salient details below:
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map

We will be giving t-shirts to the first 125 people that register, so please email lochraven@more-mtb.org to reserve your spot.

Special thanks go out to REI, BOB trailers, and Zac® Tools for their support for this project! Also, a special thanks goes out to Race Pace Bicycles for their immediate and selfless support of our trail work days, no questions asked!

If you have any questions, feel free to shoot us an email.

Cheers,

Bob Compton and Dave Blum, MORE Trail Liaisons for Loch Raven

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Those that fight traffic tickets 25% more likely to be in a car crash in 3 years

B’ Spokes: Seems rather intuitive to me, if you think you did nothing wrong when you got a speeding ticket or whatever you are going to fight it. Whoopsy, there IS a reason for those silly laws.
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The researchers, based at the University of Maryland and the National Transportation Safety Board, kept track of nearly 30,000 Maryland drivers who had been ticketed for speeding.
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Overall, those who went to court were 25 percent more likely to get in a car crash in the three years following their speeding ticket than those who paid a fine by mail, the research team reported in the Annals of Epidemiology.
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Found via Stop The Maryland Unsafe Driver
https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StopTheMarylandUnsafeDriver/~3/uHe38zOoEfE/

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YPD bicycle patrol to start downtown

[B’ Spokes: Something we don’t want to see in Baltimore neighborhoods. [/sarcasm]]
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By JOE GORMAN
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Bikes are also good because they can get in some areas a car can not, and they are also good because they make less noise than a cruiser and can surprise criminals.

”You can patrol an area silenty,” Ross said. ”They have no idea the police are coming.”

Members of the unit, besides Ross and Miller, are officers William Ward, Michael Bodnar, Sonya Wilson and Shakir Perkins.

Ward said bikes gives officers chances to interact and stop crime they do not get on foot or in a cruiser.

”It combines the best of walking beats with high mobility,” Ward said. ”You get to hear and see stuff you usually don’t see.”

Ross said response has been positive. Mary Farragher and Amy Lisi, who help to run the Lemon Grove, both said they welcome the patrols.

”Just having them (police) walking and biking will keep us all safer,” Lisi said. ”The more visible they are, the safer we all feel, and the safer we all are.”
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Was Raquel Nelson Jaywalking When Hit and Run Driver Killed Her Child?

Both Georgia and Maryland law recognize unmarked crosswalks at every intersection as an extension of the sidewalk but "The nearest painted crosswalk was half a mile away. Prosecutors viewed this as grounds for a homicide case" against the pedestrian and not against the drunk driver.
https://blogs.forbes.com/erikkain/2011/07/19/raquel-nelson-was-not-jaywalking-when-hit-and-run-driver-killed-her-child/
(Update to Georgia Mom Convicted of Vehicular Homicide For Crossing Street With Kids https://www.baltimorespokes.org/article.php?story=20110718114448464 )

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Boy Flown to Trauma Center after Edgemere Accident

[B’ Spokes: So sad no one taught the kid to ride with traffic and not against traffic. ]
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By Ron Cassie
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"The child was riding northbound in the southbound of North Point Road on a bicycle," Batton said. "He was struck by a car in the southbound lane, driving southbound."

The boy suffered "very serious" injuries, Batton said, adding that no more information is available at this time.

The driver of the vehicle remained at the scene. Police investigators arrived on the scene and the investigation is ongoing, but no charges are expected to filed at this time, Batton said.
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Rash of Pedestrian, Bike Accidents in Last Week

By By Tim Lemk of Odenton Patch

Since July 9, county emergency crews have responded to at least five incidents involving a pedestrian or bicyclist struck by a moving vehicle.

Firefighters and police in Anne Arundel County have been busy in recent days responding to several incidents involving pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists. Here are five incidents just in the last 10 days. 

July 9 – A firefighter from Station 26 in Glen Burnie was hospitalized after being struck by a car while on the scene of a fire on Telegraph Road. Police are looking for the driver of a black Mercedes-Benz.

July 12 – Kara Micciche, 17, of Pasadena died after being struck by a car while crossing Ritchie Highway nearly the Earleigh Heights Fire Station in Severna Park. Another teen, 19-year-old Sean Snyder, remains hospitalized. The teens were reportedly not in the crosswalk. Police said they do not anticipate handing down charges on the driver.

July 13 – Robert Ashworth Brown died after being struck by a pickup truck near Montevideo Drive and Montevideo Road in Jessup. Charges are pending against the driver of the truck, Keith Edward Harrell of Jessup. Police said speed and alcohol may have played a role in the accident.

July 14 – Baltimore resident Alex Canales Hernandez, 25, was killed after being struck by a car while riding his bicycle on Ritchie Highway in Brooklyn Park. Police are looking for the driver of a black midsize sedan, possibly a Hyundai Sonata or similar vehicle.

Also on July 14, a Glen Burnie man was struck while riding his bicycle north on Crain Highway. Mario A. Garcia, 41, was taken to the Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore and police are still searching for the driver of a small gray sedan, described as a white man with a beard wearing wire-rimmed glasses and a baseball cap.

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