{"id":172935871,"date":"2010-06-25T13:44:31","date_gmt":"2010-06-25T13:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=172935871"},"modified":"2010-06-25T13:44:31","modified_gmt":"2010-06-25T13:44:31","slug":"curveballs-a-case-for-wearing-a-helmet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=172935871","title":{"rendered":"Curveballs: a case for wearing a helmet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While I stand apposed to mandatory use helmet laws I do encourage their use. Some (Michael Dresser for one) seem to relate to bicycle helmets like a seat belt. Just one problem with that, riding a bike is good for you and the planet, while driving a car at best is a necessary evil. If cyclists should wear helmets for improved safety, drivers should have a steel stake protruding from the steering column to remind drivers to &quot;drive safe or else.&quot;<br \/>\nSo as some motorist may die or be seriously injured in a car crash despite seat belts and airbags the same applies to cyclists. But still we are struck with the needless tragedy of a cyclist seriously injured when not wearing a helmet. All this serves as an intro to a story about Chris who has been life-lined to the shock trauma unit in Baltimore. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Chris and if you ride without a helmet you may want to read the following story.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nChris : <a href=\"https:\/\/astandingplaceforthefeet.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/curveballs.html\">https:\/\/astandingplaceforthefeet.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/curveballs.html<\/a><br \/>\nMichael Dresser: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/features\/commuting\/bs-md-dresser-getting-there-20100614,0,5249830.story\">https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/features\/commuting\/bs-md-dresser-getting-there-20100614,0,5249830.story<\/a>oldId.20100625134431348<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I stand apposed to mandatory use helmet laws I do encourage their use. Some (Michael Dresser for one) seem to relate to bicycle helmets like a seat belt. Just one problem with that, riding a bike is good for you and the planet, while driving a car at best is a necessary evil. If &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=172935871\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Curveballs: a case for wearing a helmet&#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":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172935871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-in-maryland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172935871","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=172935871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172935871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=172935871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=172935871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=172935871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}