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@KLizotte 141010 wrote:

Please consider becoming a member of Washington Area Bicycle Association. They advocate on our behalf! Also, please send letters to your state legislators asking for more enforcement and telling them you are cyclist and want better infrastructure. Also, please report your crash on WABA’s crash tracker. Without data it is hard to advocate.

Thanks for the advice, do you know any groups advocating specifically for stricter sentencing/fines? I’ll be contacting WABA today, but I didn’t see any specific initiatives involving the criminal side of the law in MD (it’s possible I missed one though). I’m already a member of WABA and I’ve reported the crash on their tracker. Unfortunately, I’m a DC resident so I’ve got little pull in Maryland law.

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@rcannon100 141006 wrote:

Do you have damages? Have you talked with an attorney? You may wish to talk with an attorney. Yeah, it looks like Bruce Deming is licensed in Maryland. http://brucedeming.com/

Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll definitely keep his information in case handy if I need it in the future. I received compensation from the motorist’s insurance shortly after crash, so I didn’t press civil charges. I’ve been reading a lot about contributory negligence, which fortunately wasn’t an issue for me (I guess this was one of those cases where no one could deem me to be even 1% at fault).

I’m more concerned about the criminal consequences at this point, which is why I’m wondering about activism. People here drive so terribly and now I know why–virtually no consequences.

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