you're da-bomb Ed..thank you. On Jun 7, 8:46 am, "Itchn2go - Ed" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > Proposed North Carolina Protection Act.doc > 45KViewDownload > > 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?Sessio... > 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] Hide > > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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