{"id":101905533,"date":"2008-03-25T11:05:33","date_gmt":"2008-03-25T11:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=101905533"},"modified":"2008-03-25T11:05:33","modified_gmt":"2008-03-25T11:05:33","slug":"santa-cruz-offers-bicycle-traffic-school-class-similar-to-program-for-motorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=101905533","title":{"rendered":"Santa Cruz Offers Bicycle Traffic School &#8211; Class Similar to Program For Motorists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SANTA CRUZ, Calif. &#8212; Bicyclists ticketed for cruising through a stop sign or other violations can now avoid a hefty fine in Santa Cruz by attending a special traffic school designed for those who pedal around town.<br \/>\nThe two-hour class, which costs $35 and is patterned after traffic school for motorists, allows bicyclists to escape tickets costing up to $200. State law requires bicyclists to follow the same road rules as vehicles.<br \/>\nThe Community Traffic Safety Coalition of Santa Cruz County came up with the program because the university town has a lot of bikes on the road and a lot of injuries<br \/>\nSanta Cruz police write up to 30 bike tickets each month<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/news\/15689523\/detail.html\">https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/news\/15689523\/detail.html<\/a><br \/>\noldId.20080325110533447<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTA CRUZ, Calif. &#8212; Bicyclists ticketed for cruising through a stop sign or other violations can now avoid a hefty fine in Santa Cruz by attending a special traffic school designed for those who pedal around town. The two-hour class, which costs $35 and is patterned after traffic school for motorists, allows bicyclists to escape &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=101905533\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Santa Cruz Offers Bicycle Traffic School &#8211; Class Similar to Program For Motorists&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101905533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101905533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101905533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101905533\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101905533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101905533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101905533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}