Bicycle Board Members,
Thanks to Jim Rye for providing me Gayle Manchin's address and thanks
to Nick Hein for feedback on my first draft. The message that I sent
is below.
Frank
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Dear First Lady Manchin,
I am sorry about your bicycle crash and hope your injuries are truly
minor and heal quickly. I don't know the details but I do know that in
many of these crashes the motorist says, "I didn't even see her!"
The League of American Bicyclists' Road I course teaches cyclists to
maximize their visibility and predictability. You can review the LAB
Bicycle Education program at http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/education/.
Would you allow me to teach you Road I? The LAB BikeEd program is the
only national bicyclist education program and I am one of West
Virginia's 3 instructors certified by the LAB to teach it. I am also
Chairman of the Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board which advises the
Morgantown Traffic Commission, City Engineer and City Manager.
Of course, I have a personal agenda here. I'm hoping that once you
master Road I knowledge and skills, you'll share them with other
cyclists as well as motorists and help make West Virginia safer for
bicyclists.
I know that you already support the Safe Routes to Schools program.
Road I is the parent course for the LAB Kids I and Kids II courses that
are essential for children to ride safely to school.
I look forward to your response.
Ride safely,
Frank Gmeindl
491 Wilson Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26501
304-376-0446 (cell)
304-367-8395 (work)
340-284-8094 (home)
Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of
vehicles.