{"id":95529551,"date":"2008-01-11T15:59:11","date_gmt":"2008-01-11T15:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=95529551"},"modified":"2008-01-11T15:59:11","modified_gmt":"2008-01-11T15:59:11","slug":"1050-fine-for-get-this-for-causing-drivers-to-slow-down-and-going-too-fast-on-a-bicycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=95529551","title":{"rendered":"$1,050 fine for&#8230; get this, for causing drivers to slow down and going too fast on a bicycle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If I am reading the story right a cyclist tried to cross a busy roadway at an intersection during rush hour, I assume no traffic light or crosswalk was installed to allow a cyclists safe and legal passage across this intersection so the lack of accommodations for cyclists turns a victim into a criminal, just for trying to cross a road. I only wish I could get a $1,000 every time some idiot pulled in front me causing me to slow down.<br \/>\nNote: I just posted a new link to a video in which the cyclist says the police accused him of going too fast. Things do not make much sense in this story.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtop.com\/?nid=600&amp;sid=1324727\">https:\/\/www.wtop.com\/?nid=600&amp;sid=1324727<\/a>oldId.20080111155911989<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If I am reading the story right a cyclist tried to cross a busy roadway at an intersection during rush hour, I assume no traffic light or crosswalk was installed to allow a cyclists safe and legal passage across this intersection so the lack of accommodations for cyclists turns a victim into a criminal, just &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=95529551\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;$1,050 fine for&#8230; get this, for causing drivers to slow down and going too fast on a bicycle&#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-95529551","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\/95529551","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=95529551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95529551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95529551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95529551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95529551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}