{"id":222802010,"date":"2012-01-23T17:26:50","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T17:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=222802010"},"modified":"2012-01-23T17:26:50","modified_gmt":"2012-01-23T17:26:50","slug":"safety-first-for-all-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=222802010","title":{"rendered":"Safety first, for all ages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Stephanie Mlot, Frederick News Post<br \/>\nThe Frederick Police Department and the Ad Hoc Bicycle Advisory Committee are teaming up to teach local seniors about bicycle safety.<br \/>\nFrom 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Frederick Senior Center, Officer Michael Figgins and committee member George Ruszat will discuss how learning the rules of sharing the road can save lives.<br \/>\n&quot;We thought that it would be a good idea to expand our educational programs to include the senior population, who often are intimidated by the thought of driving on the road with a cyclist,&quot; Ad Hoc Committee Chairwoman MaryLynn Hinde wrote in an email.<br \/>\nA light dinner will be available for $5, with a reservation. Call 301-600-1048 by Monday to make a reservation.<br \/>\nThe event is open to the public. The Frederick Senior Center is at 1440 Taney Ave.<br \/>\n&quot;Many people do not understand the &#8216;rules of the road,&#8217;&quot; Hinde wrote. &quot;And therefore do not know how to safely and confidently drive along with the growing number of cyclists in Frederick.&quot;<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredericknewspost.com\/sections\/news\/reporters_notebooks_display.htm?StoryID=130876\">https:\/\/www.fredericknewspost.com\/sections\/news\/reporters_notebooks_display.htm?StoryID=130876<\/a>oldId.20120123172650909<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Stephanie Mlot, Frederick News Post The Frederick Police Department and the Ad Hoc Bicycle Advisory Committee are teaming up to teach local seniors about bicycle safety. From 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Frederick Senior Center, Officer Michael Figgins and committee member George Ruszat will discuss how learning the rules of sharing the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=222802010\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Safety first, for all ages&#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-222802010","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\/222802010","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=222802010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222802010\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=222802010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=222802010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=222802010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}