{"id":130323547,"date":"2009-02-17T08:59:07","date_gmt":"2009-02-17T08:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=130323547"},"modified":"2009-02-17T08:59:07","modified_gmt":"2009-02-17T08:59:07","slug":"bill-protects-vulnerable-road-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=130323547","title":{"rendered":"Bill protects \u2018vulnerable\u2019 road users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;<br \/>\nUnder Ellis\u2019 bill, co-authored by state Sen. John Carona, D-Dallas, drivers would have to get out of a traffic lane used by a vulnerable road user if another is available. Motorists should pass them at a &quot;safe distance&quot; of more than 3 feet if the motorist is in a car or light truck. Six feet would be considered safe for heavy trucks or commercial vehicles. Seven states, including Arizona, Florida and Oklahoma have similar laws on their books, according to Ellis\u2019 office.<br \/>\nThe bill also would require drivers making left turns at intersections to yield to bicyclists or other road users approaching in the opposite direction. Motorists also would be barred from intimidating or harassing bicyclists and pedestrians and would be prohibited from opening a vehicle door that interferes with their ride or walk.<br \/>\n&quot;Everyone is affected by this bill,&quot; Wang said, &quot;because everyone has been broken down by the side of the road before. \u2026 No one has the right to harass you or throw things at you.&quot;<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/metropolitan\/6264965.html\">https:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/metropolitan\/6264965.html<\/a>oldId.20090217085907226<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; Under Ellis\u2019 bill, co-authored by state Sen. John Carona, D-Dallas, drivers would have to get out of a traffic lane used by a vulnerable road user if another is available. Motorists should pass them at a &quot;safe distance&quot; of more than 3 feet if the motorist is in a car or light truck. Six &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=130323547\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bill protects \u2018vulnerable\u2019 road users&#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-130323547","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\/130323547","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=130323547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130323547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130323547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130323547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130323547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}