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Off Road to Athens

Arlington, Vigrinia based Gripped Films is pleased to announce its first Baltimore screening of their award-winning cycling film, "Off Road To Athens" at the Charles Theater on March 15th at 7pm.

Tickets and location info:
https://www.offroadtoathens.com/film_tour/index.htm

Trailer:
https://www.offroadtoathens.com/movie/index.htm

It will also be shown at National Geographic’s newly restored Grosvenor Auditorium as part of the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour on March 7th.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/nglive/washingtondc/spring2006/films/banff.html

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Bicyclists, Motorists and the Language of Marginalization

An interesting read, I don’t agree on every point
but parts make you think. So what do think? Should the term MotorIST
join the ranks along with RacIST and SexIST?

Outline:
•    Racism, Sexism and Mode-ism
•    Bicyclists as Minorities
•    Manifest Destiny
•    Subspecies of Bicyclists and
Where to “Put” Them
•    Duh Laws
•    Act Up

A few quotes:
How does a citizen obeying the law while traveling on a public road
portray a negative image?

Then there’s the unwritten law. It’s based on
ridicule, an attitude of superiority, ignorance or disparagement of the
written law, and the ability to flee the consequences of antisocial
behavior. If it were written it would say:
    Stay out of our way or we will scare the
crap out of you, hit you, or maybe even kill you.
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Vehicle Laws – Right-of-Way – Penalties for Failure to Yield

There is currently a bill being considered in the Maryland General Assembly that would increase the penalties for right-of-way violations. The bill numbers are SB429 for the Senate and HB 1383 for the House of Delegates. This bill covers all vehicles including bicycles.

Under current law, the penalty for violating the right-of-way of another vehicle is $60 and one point against the offenders’ license. Even when a right-of-way violation is combined with another charge like negligent driving, the maximum fines and penalties for both charges would be $630 and seven points.

In many accidents of this nature, law enforcement and the courts cannot justify a higher charge that would include more severe penalties and the violators are given only minimal fines and penalties. This bill seeks to give the courts the tools they need to penalize violators appropriately when serious injury or death occurs.

https://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/billfile/sb0429.htm

Synopsis:
Establishing that, if a person is convicted of failing to yield the right-of-way in violation of specified provisions of law and the violation contributes to an accident that results in bodily injury to another, the person is subject to a $500 fine and a 90-day period of license suspension; establishing a fine of $1,000 and a 180-day period of license suspension if the violation contributes to an accident resulting in the death of another; providing that the penalties are in addition to other penalties provided by law; etc.