[*BCM*] WANTED: photo of the new "health insurance" bus campign of hit cyclist

[robert fine]

Sorry, I was a bit unclear in my statement that insured drivers are
protected while riding a bicycle. I was thinking of the oft chance case that
a bicyclist is hit by an uninsured driver. I "googled" the subject and found
the following statements:

 

From: http://www.massautoquote.com/

 

"Mass auto insurance laws require uninsured motorist bodily injury coverage.
The minimums on their coverage are 20/40, ($20,000 per person injured, up to
$40,000 total). This policy helps cover the cost of your injuries should you
be in an accident with a driver without liability insurance."

 

And, from:  http://www.car-accidents.com/pages/uninsured_drivers.html

"An insurance study found the five states with the highest uninsured driver
estimates were Colorado at 34 percent, Mississippi at 29 percent, Alabama at
28 percent, New Mexico at 27 percent and California at 26 percent. Colorado
differs in that bodily injury claims are subject to a $2,500 monetary
threshold and the uninsured motorist claims are not. In other states, the
thresholds are the same.At the other end of the scale, the five states with
the lowest uninsured driver estimates were Maine and North Carolina, tied at
5 percent each, South Dakota at 6 percent, and Nebraska and Massachusetts,
each with 7 percent."

 

 

From: bostoncriticalmass-bounces at bostoncriticalmass.org
[mailto:bostoncriticalmass-bounces at bostoncriticalmass.org] On Behalf Of
Jeffrey Rosenblum
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 3:33 PM
To: list at bostoncriticalmass.org
Subject: [*BCM*] WANTED: photo of the new "health insurance" bus campign of
hit cyclist

 

All, 

 

The Massachusetts Health Connector, an arm of the MA Department of Health
and Human Services, just released an advertizement campaigh for health
insurance, but picked an absolutely abhorrent image which absolutely sends
the wrong message about health and transportation. Having a bus riding
around Boston looking as if it has just run over a bicyclist is counter
productive. This is an assault on the bicycling community and will not be
tolerated. Especially with the Secretary of Transportation Cohen and
Secretaty of Health Bigby recently collaborating about the connections
between health and transportation, and a commitment for their agencies to
better collaborate, this is an embarassment. 

 

Below is one of the campaign posters inside the MBTA subway cars: 

http://livablestreets.info/files/healthadbike1.jpg

 

I hear rumor there is one (presumably more) MBTA buses with a "wraparound"
advertizement that shows an image similar to the one above, but it looks
like the real bus has just run over a bicyclist. I NEED A PHOTOGRAPH OF THIS
ASAP! If anyone can snap a photo with your phone or camera and email it to
me, that would be great. And the first person who does I will thank them
with a free "ditch your car" T-shirt.

http://www.livablestreets.info/node/672

 

LivableStreets Alliance is working hard to resolve this issue asap and have
this advertizing campaign recalled.

 

Thanks!

Jeff

Co-founder and President

LivableStreets Alliance

livablestreets.info

 

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