maryland passes bill named after FSS member Dan Langenkamp’s wife

Maryland Governor Wes Moore stood with FSS member Dan Langenkamp as he signed the Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Memorial Act into law. The bill is named after Dan’s wife, Sarah, who was killed in August of 2022 while riding her bike along River Road in Bethesda after returning from the Ukraine, because it was too dangerous, where she was a high level diplomat. The driver of a flatbed truck hit her while turning right into a parking lot, as she was in a bike lane. The bill increases penalties for drivers who hit cyclists on the shoulder or in bike lanes. Under the bill just signed by the governor, a driver who strikes a cyclist in a bike lane could face up to $2,000 in fines and two months in jail. Read Dan’s OpEd and coverage in Maryland Matters.