{"id":240186968,"date":"2012-08-11T22:36:08","date_gmt":"2012-08-11T22:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=240186968"},"modified":"2012-08-11T22:36:08","modified_gmt":"2012-08-11T22:36:08","slug":"share-the-road-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=240186968","title":{"rendered":"Share the road"},"content":{"rendered":"

[B’ Spokes: Too good not to share.]
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\nBy William Browne, Waldorf, So MD News
\nTo answer the letter writer John Limerick [\u201cBicycling laws,\u201d Maryland Independent, July 18]: It is legal for a cyclist to ride on any road in Maryland regardless of speed limit as long as it\u2019s not strictly prohibited. Maryland law 21-1205.1 (a) (1) states: Cyclists may operate on the shoulder of a roadway where the posted speed limit exceeds 50 mph unless otherwise prohibited.
\nFor instance, when entering I-95 signs are posted \u201cno cyclists, pedestrians etc.\u201d All of the roads listed in your letter are perfectly legal places to ride a bicycle. Cyclists are not excused from the rules of the road unless it\u2019s a closed event. As far as \u201criding on the shoulder\u201d goes, just because the shoulder looks safe and open while you fly by at great speed doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not littered with broken glass, debris and potholes. If that\u2019s the case, cyclists are forced to ride near the white line.
\nThe cycling event you are refering too was probably Bike MS, an event that raises money for multiple sclerosis research. Like any large event, permits are granted and roads closed and cyclists\/motorists protected by police during these events.
\nNot everyone in Southern Maryland is blessed with an automobile. Some people are forced to walk or ride a bike and some choose to do this because they want to be healthy or like to help the environment out.
\nI would suggest getting on a bike and riding to the local grocery store and back home. See how difficult it is and how abused you feel at the end of your trip. You are just one of hundreds of motorists who whiz by, yell obsenities, throwing things and performing dangerous maneauvers with their vehicle all because you have been incovenienced for 15 seconds by the scourge of the earth \u201ccyclists with attitudes.\u201d How dare they infringe on you.
\nThis is a small example of what\u2019s wrong with our country today. No one can be inconvenienced by another party without taking it personally or berating that group altogether.
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[B’ Spokes: Too good not to share.] **************************************** By William Browne, Waldorf, So MD News To answer the letter writer John Limerick [\u201cBicycling laws,\u201d Maryland Independent, July 18]: It is legal for a cyclist to ride on any road in Maryland regardless of speed limit as long as it\u2019s not strictly prohibited. Maryland law 21-1205.1 … <\/p>\n

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