This message is being forwarded on Frank's behalf:

Bicycle Board Members,

Of course this is a ripe banana. Please give me your feedback on the message below that I want to sent the WV's first Lady. (How do you address WV's first Lady? Hey, Gayle!?)

Please reply to fgmeindl@verizon.net mailto:fgmeindl@verizon.net. I will send out the letter tonight.

Frank

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Dear First Lady,

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/.

I would like to teach you the Road I course. 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 cyclists to bicycle anywhere, anytime for any reason.

Frank Gmeindl

/Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles/