Nothing has been resolved we only expressed our opinions. Everyone needs to contact their representative. If you are silent you get what you ask for.
Elections also matter so get to know who is running. Tom Murray running for NC house will not support this bill and I don’t think Senator Hunt will either. Here is my correspondence with Senator Hunt and other legislators from the NC Legislature. If you want to use any of this text to email to your representative feel free to do so. Here is the status of the bill: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&; BillID=H1686 Hope that helps. Ed On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 7:41 PM, Ed Hirsch <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Senator Hunt, > > I really appreciate you taking the time to meet with us. I know the group > really appreciated it too. I am happy to say that this is a non-partisan > issue; in this cycling community we have all ideologies represented and we > all agree this is a bad bill. > > I have attached the document I gave you so all the representatives you > copied can read it. I would also like to invite any and all of legislatures > to meet with the group or just a few of us before a ride or at any > specified > place so we can share our concerns in person. > > We had four groups go out of the lot on Saturday. Some rode 40 miles, some > 55, some 70 and others 80. No reported incidents with motorists. > > One area that I did not detail in the attached document is the business of > cycling. Cycling generates a lot of tax revenue for the state and local > communities. I know a lot of cyclists that use restaurants, hotels and > other > tourist activities in NC while on cycling related trips. We also get a lot > of out-of-state cyclists here due to the great reputation we have on the > East Coast for cycling, especially in the mountains. In Wake County alone > we > have between 10 and 20 bike stores employing between 5 & 20 people each. We > have charity rides that take place for the sole purpose of raising money to > help people (personally I ride to cure MS). Passage of this bill in the > current form will eliminate the ability for the sport to continue in NC. > > Although SC has the flawed two abreast language that is similar to the > proposed legislation they do have penalties for drivers harassing > cyclists... > > From South Carolina - SECTION 56-5-3445. Harassment of cyclists. It is > unlawful to harass, taunt, or maliciously throw an object at or in the > direction of any person riding a bicycle. A person who violates the > provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, > must be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars or imprisoned not > more > than thirty days, or both. > > Other states have very bicycle friendly laws. I would hope we could adopt > some of these. > > If a motorist has to wait a few seconds or even 1 minute to get around us > on > a rural road I don't see the harm. When we are on busy roads we ride single > file now. Civility is the answer to the problems that ails our state and > country. If people are more civil it will automatically reduce the need and > intrusion of government rules. It will also prevent the legislature from > creating laws that cannot be truly enforced. > > As a nation of laws it is incumbent upon you, our representatives, to > create > laws that can be enforced equally. No law should be created if it will not > or cannot be enforced equally. No groups should be exempt from the law that > you create. > > I look forward to working with the legislature on killing this bill or > determining language that is better for all of us. > > Sincerely, > Ed Hirsch > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sen. Neal Hunt [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:44 AM > > To: Rep. Becky Carney; Rep. Chris Heagarty; Rep. Deborah K. Ross; Rep. > > Grier Martin; Rep. Jennifer Weiss; Rep. Marilyn Avila; Rep. Paul Stam; > > Rep. Nelson Dollar > > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] > > Subject: H1686 > > > > <<IMG00015-20100529-0757.jpg>> > > This is part of the crowd I met with this morning as they get ready for > > their ride. They make a very compelling case that H1686 (Bicycle Safety > > Changes) is not a good idea. > > > > Neal > > > > The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link > > attachments: > > > > IMG00015-20100529-0757 > slow down > Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 9:16 PM > To: North Raleigh Cyclists (Gyros) > Subject: [Gyros: 15653] Re: Could you give us a report on how meeting went > w/Senator? > > Donna, > > Rep Hunt was eager to hear what we had to say and he told us the > status of the bill. The bill is in the transportation committee. He > didn't have a feel as to what the future of this bill is. He said that > the only way to have any influence is to contact representatives in > your district that are on the committee. The info can be found on the > state gov web site. > > This thing could pass if we do nothing!! the squeaky wheel gets the > grease! > > Reid > > On Jun 6, 6:45 pm, DonnaWebster <[email protected]> wrote: > > Several of us would have liked to have made it to the meeting with our > > representative so hoping someone could give us a recap..thanks! > > -- > You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
Proposed North Carolina Protection Act.doc
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