{"id":158842844,"date":"2010-01-13T11:00:44","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=158842844"},"modified":"2010-01-13T11:00:44","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T11:00:44","slug":"legislative-session-opens-up-with-a-bang-for-cyclists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=158842844","title":{"rendered":"Legislative session opens up with a bang for cyclists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Maryland General Assembly opened today and Senate Bill 51 first reading was today as well!<\/p>\n<p>Synopsis:<br \/>\nRequiring that a driver of a vehicle, when overtaking a bicycle, an Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device (EPAMD), or a motor scooter, pass safely at a specified distance; requiring a driver of a vehicle to yield the right-of-way to a person who is riding a bicycle, an EPAMD, or a motor scooter in a bike lane or shoulder under specified circumstances; etc.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nOverview: <a href=\"https:\/\/mlis.state.md.us\/2010rs\/billfile\/SB0051.htm\">https:\/\/mlis.state.md.us\/2010rs\/billfile\/SB0051.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bill: <a href=\"https:\/\/mlis.state.md.us\/2010rs\/bills\/sb\/sb0051f.pdf\">https:\/\/mlis.state.md.us\/2010rs\/bills\/sb\/sb0051f.pdf<\/a><br \/>\nNote:<br \/>\n[some text]= deleted<br \/>\nBOLD AND ALL CAP= AdditionsoldId.20100113110044285<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maryland General Assembly opened today and Senate Bill 51 first reading was today as well! Synopsis: Requiring that a driver of a vehicle, when overtaking a bicycle, an Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device (EPAMD), or a motor scooter, pass safely at a specified distance; requiring a driver of a vehicle to yield the right-of-way &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=158842844\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Legislative session opens up with a bang for cyclists&#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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158842844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-laws"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158842844","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=158842844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158842844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158842844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158842844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158842844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}