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White House Petition To End Preventable Crash Fatalities

Dear Care For Crash Victims Community Members:

Marianne Karth has started a petition we all can sign.

In his final months as President, there is a chance we can get President Obama to act on the people’s behalf.

Please see, sign, and share the Karth family petition at:http://annaleahmary.com/2016/07/whitehouse-gov-petition-end-preventable-crash-fatalitiesappoint-natl-traffic-safety-ombudsman/

“Every average day in the U.S., 100 of our loved ones die in crashes and 400 more suffer serious crash injuries–along with $2 Billion in crash losses.

We propose that the President establish an independent Office of National Traffic Safety Ombudsman to be an advocate to eliminate preventable crash deaths and serious injuries.

We need someone who has a mandate to advocate on behalf of the victims, someone who is not compromised by competing interests. We call on the President to take this action to protect our families and loved ones from one of the leading causes of preventable death.

Traffic Safety has not been a national priority. Without this Presidential action, too many lives will continue to be lost to vehicle violence.”

The Karth family has already been successful in obtaining 20,000 signatures on a previous safety petition.  Let’s help with this too.

Lou

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____________________Lou Lombardowww.CareForCrashVictims.com

Will Hillary Help Turn Crash Victim Grief Into Good

Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members: 

Will Hillary Clinton help Marianne Karth turn crash victim grief into good – safety for all of us, forevermore?

Hillary is a Mom and Grandma. Marianne Karth is a Mom and Grandma who tragically lost two young daughters in a crash.  See https://www.careforcrashvictims.com/blog/blog-fwdagrandmatobeheardandheeded/

Marianne Karth has been working diligently to end vehicle violence for us all ever since.  She has obtained more than 20,000 signatures on a petition for a Vision Zero Goal for the nation.  See http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/News/2016/03/08/Family-continues-fight-for-trucking-safety.htmlHillary should meet Marianne for the sake of all of us.  Marianne lives in Rocky Mount, NC – a swing State that the Hillary campaign bus may visit – hopefully safely.

I hope that Hillary does this soon, before Donald Trump alone sends out a tweet to fix vehicle violence.

Lou Lombardo
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____________________Lou Lombardowww.CareForCrashVictims.com

Make America Safe Again

Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:
2016 Republican Convention
Today’s theme at the Republican Convention is “Make America Safe Again”.   Really?
Political Record on Vehicle Violence
Republican policies on vehicle safety have been tragic on a massive scale for nearly a century.  Hoover, Coolidge, Nixon, Reagan, Bush 1, and Bush 2 carried out corporate policies.  See  https://www.careforcrashvictims.com/assets/MonthlyReportforJanuary2016-Corrected.pdfDemocrats LBJ and Carter made the major historical positive contributions to reduce vehicle violence.  However, President Obama has been a major vehicle safety disappointment.  See https://www.careforcrashvictims.com/blog/blog-nhtsasresponsibilitiesfordeaths/
The Need For a Safe America Is Real and UrgentToday our clear and present danger of vehicle violence amounts to:

4 Million vehicle deaths in America – nearly 100 per day in the U.S.A. today
1 Billion vehicle injuries in America – nearly 400 serious injuries on an average day

$X Trillions Losses – about $2 billion per day

As we in the U.S. approach our 4 millionth death from vehicle violence, we must remember that we still have no goal to end vehicle violence.  There is a Vision Zero Goal that America still does not have – but others do.  See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision_Zero

As my 7 year old grandson taught me “With great power comes great responsibility.”  (He learned it from Spiderman.)

Today we have an America where “With great power comes great immunity.”  Immunity is enjoyed by both government and industry executives regardless of how many people die, are disabled, and bankrupted by vehicle violence.

So why does the President of the U.S.A. not adopt a Vision Zero Goal?  President Obama:  Meet Marianne Karth.  She has gathered 20,000 signatures on a petition to you to adopt a national Vision Zero Goal.  “Where there is no vision, the people perish.”  Proverbs.  See http://annaleahmary.com/

Lou
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____________________Lou Lombardowww.CareForCrashVictims.com

Will Hillary Provide Kennedy like Leadership

Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:

In January of 2013, after 132,250 Americans had lost their lives to vehicle violence in his first term in office, President Obama had an opportunity.

As I wrote in January 2013, President Obama could have set a Kennedy-like goal to put Americans on the roads in safer new vehicles and bring them back alive in a decade.  See https://www.careforcrashvictims.com/assets/MonthlyReport-January2013-Vol1.pdf

President Obama did not do so and now we, and he, face his leaving office with an estimated additional 135,569 American lives lost in his second term.

Will Hillary Clinton provide Kennedy-like leadership and set a Vision Zero Goal to put Americans on the roads in safer new vehicles and bring them back alive in a decade?
We have the 21st Century technology.
We need 21st Century leadership that tackles our clear and present dangers here in the U.S.A. today – every day.
Lou
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____________________Lou Lombardowww.CareForCrashVictims.com

Marianne Karth s Noble Citizen Efforts to End Vehicle Violence

Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:

Let’s help the Karth family.  Only when enough of us do our part will we be able to end vehicle violence.

Where are the reporters, editors, producers that will help spread her story – one that will help us all?
Imagine if NPR carried her story of life or death importance.  Remember NPR is supported by “we the people” as taxpayers taxpayers and donors.

Write about her story of struggle.  See and encourage others to sign her petition to do simple doable actions by the President at: http://annaleahmary.com/2016/07/victims-of-underride-collision-demand-vision-zero-and-an-independent-traffic-safety-ombudsman/

Let us emulate her citizenship and support her efforts.

Lou

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____________________Lou Lombardowww.CareForCrashVictims.com

Will Senator Thune Hold Auto Safety Hearing on Tesla Fatal Crash Before the Nov Elections?

Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:
NHTSA has failed to protect us again by policies promoting use of motorists as guinea pigs for profits.https://www.careforcrashvictims.com/blog/blog-nhtsasresponsibilitiesfordeaths/

Now Senator John Thune (R) of SD, up for re-election this year, has written to Tesla’s Elon Musk:“To address the foregoing issues, I request that you direct company representatives to brief Committee staff on the details of this incident, including the technology that was in use at the time, Tesla’s actions in response, and the company’s cooperation with NHTSA, by no later than July 29, 2016.”  See https://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2016/7/thune-seeks-answers-from-elon-musk-on-autopilot-technology

But there are 34 Senate seats up for election in 2016 and Senator Thune is expected to easily win re-election.  Seehttps://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_elections,_2016?gclid=CLnT6c7I-s0CFcQkhgodhFINYwDo the people of South Dakota know that every year more than 100 people die of crash injuries in SD?  See https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=e21e612d64654d75943f85a1a6035472

Do the people of South Dakota know what their chances of surviving crash injuries are without health care?
Do the American people know how their State ranks in vehicle fatalities?  See
Will the media ask questions and demand answers of government and auto company officials that advance safety?
Will the Senate invite both Mr. Musk and Marianne Karth who, having lost two daughters in a truck underride crash , knows first hand the importance of safety policies?  See http://www.fairwarning.org/2016/06/underride-crashes/
Lou Lombardo
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____________________Lou Lombardowww.CareForCrashVictims.com