{"id":382297071,"date":"2017-02-11T17:37:51","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T17:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=382297071"},"modified":"2017-02-11T17:37:51","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T17:37:51","slug":"london-england-undercover-bike-cops-to-enforce-safe-passing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=382297071","title":{"rendered":"LONDON, ENGLAND: UNDERCOVER BIKE COPS TO ENFORCE SAFE PASSING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>-> CityLab reports this spring, London, England&#8217;s Metropolitan Police are sending undercover officers out on bikes to monitor and enforce more careful driving around bikes, and reprimand drivers&#8217; behavior. The main goal is to crack down on so-called close passing\u2014that is, drivers overtaking bikes at a distance of less than 1.5 meters (just under 5 feet). Motorists caught engaging in driving that compromises cyclists&#8217; safety will be given the choice between prosecution or a 15-minute roadside safety training session. https:\/\/bit.ly\/2jyGf3J<\/p>\n<p>from CenterLines, the e-newsletter of the National Center for Bicycling &#038; Walking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-> CityLab reports this spring, London, England&#8217;s Metropolitan Police are sending undercover officers out on bikes to monitor and enforce more careful driving around bikes, and reprimand drivers&#8217; behavior. The main goal is to crack down on so-called close passing\u2014that is, drivers overtaking bikes at a distance of less than 1.5 meters (just under 5 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=382297071\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;LONDON, ENGLAND: UNDERCOVER BIKE COPS TO ENFORCE SAFE PASSING&#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":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-382297071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-in-baltimore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382297071","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=382297071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382297071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=382297071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=382297071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=382297071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}