[nfbwatlk] Fw: [NFBAffiliatePresidents] Quiet Car Legislation

[Mike Freeman]

Let's get on this, fellow Washingtonians. Bellingham, go after Rick 
Larsen. Clark County, go after Bryan Baird. Maria, see what you can do 
with Cathy McMorris. Seattlites, have a go at Jim McDermott. Ivan, see 
what you can do with Norm Dicks. WE should also not neglect Doc 
Hastings, Adam Smith or Dave Richert. And Ben, see if you can have a go 
with Jay Inslee. In his case and that of several other of our 
representatives, we may have a tough row to hoe as they've made a big 
deal out of favoring "green" policies (Jay Inslee wrote a book about the 
subject) but we must try to persuade them that we're not out to pollute 
the environment.

Let's see if we can get co-sponsors for HR-5734. Read on.

Mike Freeman, President
NFB of Washington


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Barbara Pierce
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 7:05 AM
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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