{"id":233092301,"date":"2012-05-21T19:51:41","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T19:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=233092301"},"modified":"2012-05-21T19:51:41","modified_gmt":"2012-05-21T19:51:41","slug":"how-to-win-an-afrap-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=233092301","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO WIN AN AFRAP CASE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A Close Look at Doug Morgan\u2019s Columbus, Ohio Slam Dunk Victory<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>By Steven M. Magas, Ohio\u2019s Bike Lawyer<a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftn1\"><strong>[1]<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Early in 2010, my friend, and one of the smartest lawyers I know<a title=\"Two Wheeling, Doug Morgan's bike commuter blog\" href=\"https:\/\/douglasmorgan.typepad.com\/\">, Doug Morgan,<\/a> defended a young cyclist in Franklin County Municipal Court. &nbsp;The cyclist was cited for \u201ctaking the lane\u201d on High Street \u2013 i.e. riding towards the center of the lane rather than hugging the white line. The officer cited him for a violation of Ohio\u2019s \u201c<a title=\"Ohio's AFRAP law\" href=\"https:\/\/codes.ohio.gov\/orc\/4511.55\">AFRAP<\/a>\u201d law, as adopted in the Columbus, Ohio, <a title=\"Columbus, Ohio's AFRAP code\" href=\"https:\/\/library.municode.com\/HTML\/16219\/level2\/TIT21TRCO_CH2173BIMOCHNTOVE.html#TIT21TRCO_CH2173BIMOCHNTOVE_2173.04BIBERINERISIRORIBIMOAB\">City Code<\/a>. &nbsp;Doug\u2019s trial strategy should serve as a model for lawyers and cyclists alike in these cases.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohiobikelawyer.com\/bike-law-101\/2012\/04\/how-to-win-an-afrap-case\/\">https:\/\/www.ohiobikelawyer.com\/bike-law-101\/2012\/04\/how-to-win-an-afrap-case\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Close Look at Doug Morgan\u2019s Columbus, Ohio Slam Dunk Victory By Steven M. Magas, Ohio\u2019s Bike Lawyer[1] Early in 2010, my friend, and one of the smartest lawyers I know, Doug Morgan, defended a young cyclist in Franklin County Municipal Court. &nbsp;The cyclist was cited for \u201ctaking the lane\u201d on High Street \u2013 i.e. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=233092301\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;HOW TO WIN AN AFRAP CASE&#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-233092301","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\/233092301","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=233092301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233092301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=233092301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=233092301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=233092301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}