{"id":163379704,"date":"2010-03-06T23:15:04","date_gmt":"2010-03-06T23:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=163379704"},"modified":"2010-03-06T23:15:04","modified_gmt":"2010-03-06T23:15:04","slug":"please-take-a-moment-to-make-a-2-minute-call-to-promote-bicycle-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=163379704","title":{"rendered":"Please take a moment to make a 2 minute call to promote bicycle safety!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Carol Silldorff:<\/p>\n<p>The 3 foot rule passed unanimously by the Senate requiring vehicles to give 3&#8242; of space when passing a bicyclist.  However, without passing the House &#8211; this bill will not become law.<\/p>\n<p>Your support matters. As a constituent, you can make a big difference.  A one-minute call to your legislator is taken seriously -please take action now.<\/p>\n<p>When you are riding a bike, do you want vehicles to give you a minimum of 3 feet when passing you on the road? Of course you do!  If you live in the following Districts, please take a moment and contact your Delegate and ask that they support House Bill 461, the 3 foot  rule, which is an important bicycle safety bill already in existence in over 20 other states. To view the bill go here:  <a href=\"https:\/\/mlis.state.md.us\/2010rs\/billfile\/hb0461.htm\">https:\/\/mlis.state.md.us\/2010rs\/billfile\/hb0461.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you live in the following districts then please contact your Delegate:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Delegate ALFRED CLINTON CARR, JR.<br \/>\nDemocrat, District 18, Montgomery County<br \/>\n(410) 841-3110, (301) 858-3110<br \/>\n1-800-492-7122, ext. 3110 (toll free)<br \/>\ne-mail: alfred.carr@house.state.md.us<br \/>\nfax: (410) 841-3053, (301) 858-3053<\/p>\n<p>Delegate CHERYL D. GLENN<br \/>\nDemocrat, District 45, Baltimore City<br \/>\n(410) 841-3257, (301) 858-3257<br \/>\n1-800-492-7122, ext. 3257 (toll free)<br \/>\ne-mail: cheryl.glenn@house.state.md.us<br \/>\nfax: (410) 841-3019, (301) 858-3019<\/p>\n<p>ANNE HEALEY<br \/>\nDemocrat, District 22, Prince George&#8217;s County<br \/>\n(410) 841-3961, (301) 858-3961<br \/>\n1-800-492-7122, ext. 3961 (toll free)<br \/>\ne-mail: anne.healey@house.state.md.us<br \/>\nfax: (410) 841-3223, (301) 858-3223<\/p>\n<p>BARBARA A. FRUSH<br \/>\nDemocrat, District 21, Anne Arundel &amp; Prince George&#8217;s Counties<br \/>\n(410) 841-3114, (301) 858-3114<br \/>\n1-800-492-7122, ext. 3114 (toll free)<br \/>\ne-mail: barbara.frush@house.state.md.us<br \/>\nfax: (410) 841-3116, (301) 858-3116<\/p>\n<p>Please only contact the 4 Delegates listed above and state that you would like the Delegate to please support this bill which is needed to improve safety for bicyclists.oldId.20100306231504981<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Carol Silldorff: The 3 foot rule passed unanimously by the Senate requiring vehicles to give 3&#8242; of space when passing a bicyclist. However, without passing the House &#8211; this bill will not become law. Your support matters. As a constituent, you can make a big difference. A one-minute call to your legislator is taken &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=163379704\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Please take a moment to make a 2 minute call to promote bicycle safety!&#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":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163379704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-maryland-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163379704","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=163379704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163379704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=163379704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=163379704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=163379704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}