[Blindvet-talk] Urgent Legislative Alert on the SilentCarLegislation

Thu Mar 19 15:56:59 UTC 2009

Ladies and Gentlemen,
If you would like to call your federal legislators go to the  the NABV  web 
Site
_www.nabv.org_ (http://www.nabv.org)  and go to the bottom of the  page.
You will find links for find my Senator and Find my congressman.
Dwight

Dwight D. Sayer
National President,
The  National Association of Blind Veterans
A Division of the NFB
Email -  presidentnabv at aol.com
or president at nabv.org 
Web Site - _www.nabv.org_ (http://www.nabv.org/)   

In a message dated 3/15/2009 11:12:05 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Funpro at carolina.rr.com writes:

For  those of you who wish to learn more of the details regarding any bill  
under consideration, if you contact your representative, someone in that  
office will be happy to explain the details.   This will  enableyou to 
determine how you wish to procede in supporting or not  supporting it.

While visual considerations continue to impact our daily  lives, my 
experience has been  that if i am unable to accurately  acess my 
surroundings, then i have limited desire to be walking there  alone.

Peraps the following input is worth considering:

There  are effective pedestrian safety systems such as: SAAB pedestrian 
radar;  BMW pedestrian infared pedestrian detection camera; Denso combined 
radar  and camera accident avoidance system; and European pedestrian safe 
bumpers  and hoods. These engineering approaches save all pedestrians by 
moving  beyond the failing noise of today vehicles.

----- Original  Message ----- From: "Claire G. Spector" 
<c.spector at sbcglobal.net>  To: "'Info and discussion list for blind 
veterans.'"  <blindvet-talk at nfbnet.org> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 1:59 
PM  Subject: Re: [Blindvet-talk] Urgent Legislative Alert on the  
SilentCarLegislation

Dear David,

Thank  you.

Here's a copy of the email I sent to Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey on  her 
webmail site.

Dear Congresswoman Woolsey,

I urge your  sponsorship and support for the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement 
Act, H.R.  734.

I am a recently visually impaired attorney.

After  considerable orientation and mobility training at Earle Baum Center 
for  the Blind and Visually Impaired on Occidental Road under the auspices of 

the CA Deparament of Rehabilitation, I have regained my independence  relying 
on a white cane to navigate Santa Rosa.

We are trained to  analyze traffic using our ears.

Northern California's environmentally  conscious citizens own many Prius 
vehicles.  Even at the  Collaborative Practice Center where many of my 
colleagues own Priuses, I  take my life into my hands just walking out the 
door as a Prius when  idling makes no sounds. I also understand from Saul 
Chait, a salesman at  Freeman Toyota, that there are even safety issues for 
their employees on  the lot arising from the car's quiet operating mode.

I heard on KQED  there is a grad student who has developed viable appropriate 
technology to  make these cars audible even when their engines are at rest. 
This might be  an economic development opportunity for California.

I ask for your  support in helping to get this bill through Congress.  It 
will make  it possible for blind and visually impaired people to maintain 
their  independence.

With appreciation for all that you do for our district  and our country,

Claire G. Spector, JD

Claire Spector, JD  Collaborative Attorney & Mediator NY Atty. Reg. # 1883024 

Collaborative Practice Center
829 Sonoma Avenue, Suite 8 Santa Rosa, CA  95404
707.523.0570 x 135 c.spector at sbcglobal.net

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-----Original Message----- From:  blindvet-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
[mailto:blindvet-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]  On Behalf Of David Andrews Sent: 
Saturday, March 14, 2009 7:02 AM To:  david.andrews at nfbnet.org Subject: 
[Blindvet-talk] Urgent Legislative Alert  on the Silent CarLegislation

----- Original Message ----- 

From:  Hartle, Jesse

To: undisclosed-recipients:

Sent: Thursday, March  12, 2009 3:38 PM

Subject: Urgent Legislative Alert on The Silent Car  Legislation

Fellow Federationists:

We continue to move forward  in ensuring the success of the Pedestrian Safety 
Enhancement Act, H.R.  734.  Currently 89 members of the House of 
Representatives are listed  as cosponsors of this legislation (please see 
below for the current list  of cosponsors).  Earlier this week Congress 
passed the Omnibus  Appropriations Act.  Included in that legislation was 
funds for the  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to 
study the  problem addressed by H.R. 734 and report to Congress.  If Congress 

feels it is important enough to appropriate funds for this study, Congress  
should also direct NHTSA on how the study should be carried out.  I  
encourage you all to call your member of the House of Representatives and  
urge them to cosponsor H.R. 734 which would do just that.  Democrats  will 
want to contact Congressman Towns's office, while Republicans will  want to 
contact Congressman Stearns's office.  The contact in  Congressman Towns's 
office is Emily Khoury, and James Thomas is the  contact for Congressman 
Stearns's office.  The number to the Capitol  switchboard is
(202) 225-3121.  Please let me know if you have any  questions, and I will do 
my best to answer them.  I have listed my  contact information below.  Thank 
you all for your continued hard  work on this important issue.

Sincerely,

Jesse M.  Hartle

Government Programs Specialist

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE  BLIND

Phone:  (410) 659-9314, ext. 2233

E-mail:  jhartle at nfb.org

Cosponsors of HR 734

Congressman Towns, Lead  Sponsor

Alaska

Congressman  Young

Arizona

Congressman Grijalva

Congressman  Pastor

Arkansas

Congressman  Boozman

California

Congressman Berman

Congressman  Filner

Congresswoman Harman

Congresswoman  Lee

Congresswoman Matsui

Congressman  Rohrabacher

Congresswoman Linda Sanchez

Congressman  Stark

Congresswoman Tauscher

District of  Columbia

Congresswoman Norton

Florida

Congressman  Bilirakis

Congresswoman Brown

Congresswoman  Ros-Lehtinen

Congressman Stearns

Congresswoman Wasserman  Schultz

Georgia

Congressman Bishop

Congressman  Lewis

Guam

Congresswoman  Bordallo

Hawaii

Congressman Abercrombie

Congresswoman  Hirono

Idaho

Congressman  Minnick

Illinois

Congressman Davis

Congressman  Gutierrez

Congressman Hare

Congressman  Jackson

Congressman Roskam

Congresswoman  Schakowsky

Indiana

Congressman  Carson

Iowa

Congressman Boswell

Congressman  Braley

Congressman King

Congressman Latham

Congressman  Loebsack

Louisiana

Congressman Alexander

Congressman  Melancon

Maryland

Congressman Ruppersberger

Congressman  Van Hollen

Massachusetts

Congressman Capuano

Congressman  McGovern

Congressman Neal

Congressman  Tierney

Minnesota

Congressman Ellison

Congressman  Oberstar

Congressman Peterson

Congressman  Walz

Mississippi

Congressman  Taylor

Missouri

Congressman Carnahan

Congresswoman  Emerson

Nebraska

Congressman  Terry

Nevada

Congresswoman Berkley

New  Hampshire

Congresswoman Shea-Porter

New  Jersey

Congressman Sires

Congressman Rothman

New  York

Congressman Hinchey

Congresswoman  Lowey

Congresswoman Maloney

Congressman  Nadler

Congressman Rangel

Congressman Serrano

North  Carolina

Congressman Jones

Congressman  McIntyre

Congressman Price

Ohio

Congressman  Driehaus

Congressman LaTourette

Congressman  Ryan

Oregon

Congressman Blumenauer

Congressman  DeFazio

Pennsylvania

Congressman Brady

Congressman  Carney

Congressman Doyle

Congressman Fattah

Congressman  Holden

Congressman Kanjorski

Puerto Rico

Congressman  Pierluisi

Tennessee

Congressman  Cohen

Texas

Congressman Neugebauer

Congressman  Sessions

Vermont

Congressman  Welch

Virginia

Congressman Moran

Congressman  Wittman

Washington

Congressman McDermott

West  Virginia

Congressman Mollohan

Congressman  Rahall

Wisconsin

Congresswoman Moore

Congressman  Petri

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