[Iabs-talk] Quiet Car Legislation

[Patti Gregory-Chang]

We really need to be working on this quiet car stuff.  I have contacted by 
congressman who hasn't given an answer yet.  I am going to contact him 
again.  Please do the same.

Patti Gregory-Chang
President, National Federation of the Blind of Illinois
pattichang at att.net
www.nfbofillinois.org



Subject: [NFBAffiliatePresidents] Quiet Car Legislation


> As some of you know, the committee on automobile and Pedestrian safety met
> by phone over the weekend. I agreed to contact this list and urge my 
> fellow
> presidents to do whatever you can to encourage your members to urge their
> members of Congress to become cosponsors of H.R. 5734, the Pedestrian 
> Safety
> Enhancement Act of 2008. As you probably know, this bill instructs the
> secretary of transportation to see that research is done to find out what
> kind of sound could be added to hybrid cars in electric mode and to other
> silent cars so that they can at least be heard when they are approaching
> pedestrians, who may otherwise be unaware of their presence. The bill has
> been introduced and is now gathering dust, which it will continue to do
> unless enough members sign on to make the committee sit up and take 
> notice.
> Democrats should contact Ed Towns of NY, and Republicans should contact
> Cliff Stearns of Florida. Stearns is particularly concerned for seniors, 
> who
> are a group much at risk from these vehicles.
>
> We should all urge our members to call their House members to ask them to
> become cosponsors of the bill. About ten folks have already done so--none, 
> I
> am ashamed to say, from Ohio. I intend to change that. Please do the same 
> in
> your state.
>
> Barbara
>
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