{"id":225236024,"date":"2012-02-20T21:33:44","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T21:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=225236024"},"modified":"2012-02-20T21:33:44","modified_gmt":"2012-02-20T21:33:44","slug":"paris-cyclists-given-right-to-break-traffic-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=225236024","title":{"rendered":"Paris cyclists given right to break traffic laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[B&#8217; Spokes: This is an interesting idea of only allowing this where signed.]<br \/>\n*********************************************************************************<br \/>\nBy Henry Samuel, Paris, telegraph<br \/>\nA new government decree has just authorised cyclists in the French capital to go through red lights, after road safety experts deemed the measure would cut road accidents.<br \/>\nIt follows a fierce three-year campaign by cyclists&#8217; associations.<br \/>\nUnder the new system, which will be first tested on 15 crossroads in the East of the French capital, cyclists are allowed to turn right or go straight ahead even when the lights are red.<br \/>\nThey must, however, make way for pedestrians and incoming traffic on the left and will be held responsible in the event of an accident.<br \/>\nRed and yellow signposts posted on traffic light poles will inform cyclists that they can ignore the lights in designated 30km per hour zones. If judged feasible, the scheme will then be rolled out to 1,700 crossroads in Paris.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/france\/9067129\/Paris-cyclists-given-right-to-break-traffic-laws.html\">https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/france\/9067129\/Paris-cyclists-given-right-to-break-traffic-laws.html<\/a>oldId.20120220213344494<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[B&#8217; Spokes: This is an interesting idea of only allowing this where signed.] ********************************************************************************* By Henry Samuel, Paris, telegraph A new government decree has just authorised cyclists in the French capital to go through red lights, after road safety experts deemed the measure would cut road accidents. It follows a fierce three-year campaign by cyclists&#8217; &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=225236024\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Paris cyclists given right to break traffic laws&#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-225236024","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\/225236024","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=225236024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225236024\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=225236024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=225236024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=225236024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}