{"id":191604366,"date":"2011-01-27T15:26:06","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T15:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=191604366"},"modified":"2011-01-27T15:26:06","modified_gmt":"2011-01-27T15:26:06","slug":"states-lawmakers-turn-attention-to-the-dangers-of-distracted-pedestrians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=191604366","title":{"rendered":"States\u2019 Lawmakers Turn Attention to the Dangers of Distracted Pedestrians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While this is happening in New York, there is no doubt in my mind this action is do in part by Vernon Betkey, Jr. , the head of Maryland&#8217;s Highway Safety Office so we may be next.<br \/>\nMy issue is this is all based on assumptions. If New York ran a test period to see if a law like this would have a positive effect on reducing pedestrian crashes and no deterrent to living an active life style then hey, how can I complain? Is it really to much to ask for effective solutions over random unproven assumptions?<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/01\/26\/us\/26runners.html\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/01\/26\/us\/26runners.html<\/a>oldId.20110127152606459<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While this is happening in New York, there is no doubt in my mind this action is do in part by Vernon Betkey, Jr. , the head of Maryland&#8217;s Highway Safety Office so we may be next. My issue is this is all based on assumptions. If New York ran a test period to see &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=191604366\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;States\u2019 Lawmakers Turn Attention to the Dangers of Distracted Pedestrians&#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-191604366","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\/191604366","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=191604366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191604366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=191604366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=191604366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=191604366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}