[Quietcars] NYS Safety Board experience

[Deborah Kent Stein]

Hi, Ken,

Good job!  Keep us posted!

Debbie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Stewart" <cclvi at yahoo.com>
To: <quietcars at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 11:08 PM
Subject: [Quietcars] NYS Safety Board experience


> Today I happened upon the bimonthly meeting of a New
> York State body the existence of which I had not been
> aware, The Public Transportation Safety Board.  At the
> end of its agenda, the Chair, Assistant Commissioner
> of the State Department of Transportation, Karen Rae,
> permitted me to make a brief presentation about the
> dangers of quiet cars (and buses) for blind
> pedestrians, and the needed regulatory remedy.  After
> the meeting, in an informal chat with her Aide,
> Gerardo Mendoza, I told him of the letter from the
> Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles which
> confirmed that most police reports of
> pedestrian-vehicle accidents do not capture the
> important information as to whether the vehicle was a
> quiet car.  Therefore, there is no reliable data to
> reveal how serious this problem is.He took my contact
> information, so I hope to find out if they were
> listening.
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