Thanks to a donation from UW Credit Union, folks at the University and I gave out several -maybe 100-lights a few years ago.
There is an ongoing bike light program in Portland. A few years ago a local advocacy raised some money and began distributing free lights. City officials liked the idea and when they raised fines on traffic violations a few years ago some of the money went toward free lights. I followed up on Mark Clear's idea and contacted the DA's office about having Mr. Dunlavy donate $ to purchase lights. An attorney hasn't been assigned to the case yet but the idea will be passed on. There are some creative people on this list- let's see if anyone can come up with some ideas. It's my understanding the reason most cyclists don't have lights at night is they can see motorists but don't think about the fact that motorists can see them. This surprises me in some ways because most cyclists are motorists and should have encountered invisible cyclists. Anybody have ideas on how we can get cyclists to realize how difficult it is to see unlit cyclists- Any clever slogan, poster ideas, some educational campaign? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Troy Thiel Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:19 AM To: [email protected]; Mitchell Nussbaum Subject: [Bikies] Finding opportunity from crisis? (Bikie attack) Interesting event here...perhaps we can do something similar? http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/features_julieshealthclub/2008/1 2/where-to-get-fr.html Ride Safe! Troy Thiel _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
