Official Bike Rally Announcement
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Des Moines Cross Country Ski Club
Apr 13, 2009, 11:30:28 PM4/13/09
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Hello fellow skiers!
I apologize for using this message board for a non-xcountry skiing
related event, but I feel very strongly about this cause. I can only
imagine that most of you enjoy riding your bike and would want to
support any effort to help make our roads safer for all cyclists,
commuters, and recreational riders in the state of Iowa. Please see
the official announcement below and pass it along to everyone you
know. Kids are encouraged to ride too!
Hope to see you there!
-Emily
"On Saturday morning, April 11, fellow cyclist Doug Smith was
recklessly run down by a motorist near Winterset Iowa . Doug suffered
serious life threatening injuries and is recovering at Methodist
hospital. The cycling community of Iowa is outraged by incidents like
this which unfortunately are occurring on a much more frequent basis.
If your life has ever been touched by all the good that comes from
riding a bike, we invite you to ride with us on the bike ride of your
life! We are riding to proclaim to fellow Iowans that bicyclists are
living breathing human beings, just like your father, mother and sons
and daughters, We want everyone to understand that riding a bike on
shared public highways is not a privilege but a right that has been
supported and endorsed by Iowa law for years.
Join us on this Silent Ride and encourage law enforcement officials
across the state to fully enforce the current Iowa motor vehicle code
and ask that our state legislatures pass Senate file 117, protecting
the rights and safety of cyclists. Come together, with a single voice,
to encourage city and county attorneys to fully investigate bicycle/
motor vehicle accidents and to hold those responsible accountable
under the full extent of the law.
Please join us on Wednesday April 15 for the bike ride of your life to
the Iowa State Capital departing promptly at 5:30 PM from Rasmussen
Bike Shop at 301 Grand Ave, West Des Moines, IA (Google Maps starting
point http://tinyurl.com/cod2jv )"
I apologize for using this message board for a non-xcountry skiing
related event, but I feel very strongly about this cause. I can only
imagine that most of you enjoy riding your bike and would want to
support any effort to help make our roads safer for all cyclists,
commuters, and recreational riders in the state of Iowa. Please see
the official announcement below and pass it along to everyone you
know. Kids are encouraged to ride too!
Hope to see you there!
-Emily
"On Saturday morning, April 11, fellow cyclist Doug Smith was
recklessly run down by a motorist near Winterset Iowa . Doug suffered
serious life threatening injuries and is recovering at Methodist
hospital. The cycling community of Iowa is outraged by incidents like
this which unfortunately are occurring on a much more frequent basis.
If your life has ever been touched by all the good that comes from
riding a bike, we invite you to ride with us on the bike ride of your
life! We are riding to proclaim to fellow Iowans that bicyclists are
living breathing human beings, just like your father, mother and sons
and daughters, We want everyone to understand that riding a bike on
shared public highways is not a privilege but a right that has been
supported and endorsed by Iowa law for years.
Join us on this Silent Ride and encourage law enforcement officials
across the state to fully enforce the current Iowa motor vehicle code
and ask that our state legislatures pass Senate file 117, protecting
the rights and safety of cyclists. Come together, with a single voice,
to encourage city and county attorneys to fully investigate bicycle/
motor vehicle accidents and to hold those responsible accountable
under the full extent of the law.
Please join us on Wednesday April 15 for the bike ride of your life to
the Iowa State Capital departing promptly at 5:30 PM from Rasmussen
Bike Shop at 301 Grand Ave, West Des Moines, IA (Google Maps starting
point http://tinyurl.com/cod2jv )"
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