{"id":311353111,"date":"2014-11-13T14:58:31","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T14:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=311353111"},"modified":"2014-11-13T14:58:31","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T14:58:31","slug":"9-things-drivers-need-to-stop-saying-in-the-bikes-vs-cars-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=311353111","title":{"rendered":"9 Things Drivers Need to Stop Saying in the Bikes vs. Cars Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Adam Mann,  Wired<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n1. Cyclists always break the law<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nSitting on a bike seat doesn\u2019t somehow turn you into a monster anymore than getting behind the wheel does.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n2. Roads are designed for cars<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n3. Cyclists are dangerous<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n4. There\u2019s not enough room for bike lanes without causing gridlock<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n5. Cyclists just want everyone to stop driving<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n6. Drivers pay for roads so they should get priority<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n7. Cycling is a fad<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n8. There\u2019s a war on cars<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n9. People absolutely need cars to get around<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2014\/11\/9-things-drivers-need-stop-saying-bikes-vs-cars-debate\/\">https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2014\/11\/9-things-drivers-need-stop-saying-bikes-vs-cars-debate\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adam Mann, Wired &#8230; 1. Cyclists always break the law &#8230; Sitting on a bike seat doesn\u2019t somehow turn you into a monster anymore than getting behind the wheel does. &#8230; 2. Roads are designed for cars &#8230; 3. Cyclists are dangerous &#8230; 4. There\u2019s not enough room for bike lanes without causing gridlock &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=311353111\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;9 Things Drivers Need to Stop Saying in the Bikes vs. Cars Debate&#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-311353111","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\/311353111","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=311353111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311353111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=311353111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=311353111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=311353111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}