{"id":212857228,"date":"2011-09-30T15:00:28","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T15:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=212857228"},"modified":"2011-09-30T15:00:28","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T15:00:28","slug":"stronger-ban-on-texting-and-driving-takes-effect-sat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=212857228","title":{"rendered":"Stronger ban on texting and driving takes effect Sat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>from Maryland Politics by Annie Linskey<\/p>\n<p>Glancing at a text message or an email from behind the wheel will cost $500 in fines starting Saturday when a new law goes into effect clarifying Maryland\u2019s muddled driving-while-texting rules.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nMaryland drivers also aren\u2019t supposed to talk on their cell phones per a year-old law, but doing so is remains a \u201csecondary offense\u201d meaning police can only pull over a driver who is also breaking another rule.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers will still be able to use GPS systems on their phone while driving, or text an emergency operator.<br \/>\n&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/weblogs.baltimoresun.com\/news\/local\/politics\/2011\/09\/reading_a_text_message_or.html\">https:\/\/weblogs.baltimoresun.com\/news\/local\/politics\/2011\/09\/reading_a_text_message_or.html<\/a>oldId.20110930150028608<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Maryland Politics by Annie Linskey Glancing at a text message or an email from behind the wheel will cost $500 in fines starting Saturday when a new law goes into effect clarifying Maryland\u2019s muddled driving-while-texting rules. &#8230; Maryland drivers also aren\u2019t supposed to talk on their cell phones per a year-old law, but doing &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=212857228\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Stronger ban on texting and driving takes effect Sat&#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-212857228","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\/212857228","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=212857228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212857228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=212857228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=212857228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=212857228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}