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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>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:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>From: </span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="http://www.massautoquote.com/">http://www.massautoquote.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>“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.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>And, from: <a
href="http://www.car-accidents.com/pages/uninsured_drivers.html">http://www.car-accidents.com/pages/uninsured_drivers.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>“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.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
bostoncriticalmass-bounces@bostoncriticalmass.org
[mailto:bostoncriticalmass-bounces@bostoncriticalmass.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeffrey
Rosenblum<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 28, 2008 3:33 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> list@bostoncriticalmass.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [*BCM*] WANTED: photo of the new "health insurance"
bus campign of hit cyclist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>All, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Below is one of the campaign posters inside the MBTA subway
cars: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://livablestreets.info/files/healthadbike1.jpg">http://livablestreets.info/files/healthadbike1.jpg</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.livablestreets.info/node/672">http://www.livablestreets.info/node/672</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>LivableStreets Alliance is working hard to resolve this
issue asap and have this advertizing campaign recalled.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Jeff<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Co-founder and President<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>LivableStreets Alliance<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://livablestreets.info">livablestreets.info</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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