{"id":86201809,"date":"2007-09-25T16:56:49","date_gmt":"2007-09-25T16:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=86201809"},"modified":"2007-09-25T16:56:49","modified_gmt":"2007-09-25T16:56:49","slug":"hollywood-bus-driver-attacks-cyclist-lapd-handcuff-cyclist-and-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=86201809","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Bus Driver Attacks Cyclist, LAPD Handcuff Cyclist (and Wife!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[As having more then one MTA driver drive in a similar manner around me and received similar comments from MTA drivers that I don&#8217;t belong on the road (implied that they have a right to run me off the road) this article is very disturbing. While negotiations are still continuing with MTA to include routine how to drive safely around cyclists training I would like to remind everyone this is a very real problem not just locally but nationally as well. BTW all professional drivers and drivers convicted of aggressive driving in Maryland are taught &#8230; (are you sitting down) cyclists are obstacles, which should do wonders for their tolerance of us on the roadway and our safety.]<br \/>\nA cyclist westbound on Hollywood Boulevard hears a loud horn behind him as he rides in the right side of the #2 lane, alongside a row of parked cars and dangerously close to the door zone.<br \/>\nThe motorist with the heavy horn hand turns out to be Metro Bus Driver #XXXXX and she passes the cyclist so closely that his left hand touches the side of the bus as it speeds past him. The number #1 lane is empty and nothing serves to prevent the bus driver from changing lanes to pass the cyclist except for a failure on her part to acknowledge the cyclist<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/2007\/09\/24\/hollywood_bus_d.php\">https:\/\/laist.com\/2007\/09\/24\/hollywood_bus_d.php<\/a><br \/>\nIf this story was not outrageous enough there is more stuff happening in Beverly Hills<br \/>\nBeverly Hills SUV Driver Attacks Bicyclist, Only Bicyclist Gets A Ticket<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/2007\/09\/04\/beverly_hills_c.php\">https:\/\/laist.com\/2007\/09\/04\/beverly_hills_c.php<\/a>oldId.20070925165649563<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[As having more then one MTA driver drive in a similar manner around me and received similar comments from MTA drivers that I don&#8217;t belong on the road (implied that they have a right to run me off the road) this article is very disturbing. While negotiations are still continuing with MTA to include routine &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=86201809\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hollywood Bus Driver Attacks Cyclist, LAPD Handcuff Cyclist (and Wife!)&#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-86201809","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\/86201809","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=86201809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86201809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86201809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86201809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86201809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}