{"id":208991382,"date":"2011-08-16T21:09:42","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T21:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=208991382"},"modified":"2011-08-16T21:09:42","modified_gmt":"2011-08-16T21:09:42","slug":"put-a-lid-on-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=208991382","title":{"rendered":"Put a Lid on It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>from Road Rights By Bob Mionske<br \/>\nNo state requires adults to wear a helmet when they ride (although some municipalities do). But you could still face legal consequences if you fail to strap one on. Consider this scenario: A negligent driver hits you, and you sue him for the cost of your medical expenses. However, his insurance company claims that you were negligent for not wearing a helmet. The outcome of the case will depend on whether the jury decides it was reasonable for you to ride without one. They might not: Many people believe that helmets prevent all head injuries, although it is still possible to suffer one while wearing head protection.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bicycling.com\/blogs\/roadrights\/2011\/08\/16\/put-a-lid-on-it\/\">https:\/\/bicycling.com\/blogs\/roadrights\/2011\/08\/16\/put-a-lid-on-it\/<\/a>oldId.20110816210942168<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Road Rights By Bob Mionske No state requires adults to wear a helmet when they ride (although some municipalities do). But you could still face legal consequences if you fail to strap one on. Consider this scenario: A negligent driver hits you, and you sue him for the cost of your medical expenses. However, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=208991382\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Put a Lid on It&#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-208991382","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\/208991382","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=208991382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208991382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=208991382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=208991382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=208991382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}