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100 signatures will get us to 20,000 #VisionZer0
Help us take the message that we want to bring a halt to preventable crash deaths. For Mary and AnnaLeah.
100 more people can help us take 20,000 Vision Zero Petition signatures to DC: Save Lives Not Dollars: Urge DOT to Adopt a Vision Zero Policy
Media Advisory: Delivery of Vision Zero Petition to DC & Release of our Vision Zero Petition Book
Plans are being finalized for our delivery of almost 20,000 Vision Zero Petitions to Washington on March 3 and 4. Details are available in this Karth Vision Zero Media Advisory.
We have published a 544 page book to take with us to Washington to show government officials what we are talking about when we are asking for Vision Zero: Towards Zero Crash Deaths & Serious Injuries. The book contains all of the Vision Zero Petition signatures along with the specific details of our requests for:
- A National Vision Zero Goal.
- A White House Vision Zero Task Force.
- A Vision Zero Executive Order.
- DOT Vision Zero Rulemaking Policy (and specifically applied to the truck underride rule).
Here is a PDF: Vision Zero Petition Book Feb 2016.
The book can be purchased here.
This is our current Washington schedule (subject to change):
- 9 a.m. March 3, Rep. Ellmers’ staff
- 10 a.m., March 3, Rep. Cartwright’s staff
- 11 a.m., March 3, Rep. Holding’s staff
- noon, March 3, Sen. Isakson’s staff
- 2 p.m., March 3, joint meeting with Sen. Blumenthal’s staff & Sen. Markey’s staff
- 9 a.m., March 4, Sen. Burr’s staff
- 11 a.m., March 4, DOT policy officials
- 1:30 p.m., March 4, Underride Roundtable planning meeting
Heading for the finish line (of this race anyway). We’ll be driving to Washington tomorrow. Help us get 20,000 signatures before we leave the house.
Sign & Share our Vision Zero Petition
Pressing on toward the goal: Taking the Vision Zero Petition to DC, 150 short of 20,000
Pressing on toward the goal: Taking the Vision Zero Petition to DC, 150 short of 20,000 https://t.co/EXiwojHk2W pic.twitter.com/DgMESnqdun
— Marianne Karth (@MaryandAnnaLeah) March 1, 2016
See the Karth Vision Zero Media Advisory for our upcoming trip to Washington this week.
Sign the Petition here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/417/742/234/save-lives-not-dollars-urge-dot-to-adopt-vision-zero-policy/
With the help of less than 200 more people, we will take 20,000 signatures to Washington March 4.
Signer #19,726 commented on our Vision Zero Petition
I just checked the petition site and saw that we are at 19,726. Most recent person to sign added this comment:
Make USA safer, please. My girlfriend in USA got involved in a crash and it was just luck that saved her. She is worth more than any cost to me. Cost of a life is priceless. Please see the emotional side of all the world, please.
Our Facebook Memorial Page was UNPUBLISHED due to supposed violation. ?
Save Lives Not Dollars: Urge DOT to Adopt a Vision Zero Policy Help us take 20,000 signatures to Washington on March 4. Less than 300 to go!
The AnnaLeah & Mary Memorial Facebook Page got Unpublished last night because someone flagged it for inappropriate content due to Community Guidelines. I had just posted this same call to action–only with a crash scene photo which I have posted countless times before.
See our Facebook Memorial Page here: In Memory of AnnaLeah 1995 to 2013 and Mary Lydia Karth 1999 to 2013
I had published the exact same post on our other Facebook site: AnnaLeah & Mary for Truck Safety.
There was no explanation of what post was “reported” or what the supposed violation consisted of and no way to ask any questions for clarification. Just a button to click: APPEAL.
This is what the Facebook Notification message said:
Your page has been unpublished
Your Page is currently not visible on Facebook. It looks like content posted on your Page doesn’t follow the Facebook Terms and Community Standards, so your Page was unpublished. These Terms and Standards help ensure Facebook remains a welcoming, respectful environment.
We work hard to prevent actions that compromise people’s privacy or security on Facebook, including contacting people for commercial purposes without their consent.
If you think your Page was unpublished in error, you can appeal. Before you appeal, we suggest removing any violating content from your Page. Please keep in mind that if your appeal is denied, your Page will be permanently deleted.
You appealed this decision Yesterday at 11:44pm
Facebook Community Guidelines: https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards
I’m waiting to hear if my Appeal will overturn that decision. Please pray that it get resolved quickly so that I will be able to post updates on that page when we take the Petition to Washington on March 4.
And, because they say that the Page could be permanently deleted, I am concerned that we could lose the countless posts full of photos and memories of AnnaLeah & Mary which I listed here: Journey Through Grief.
Meanwhile, please share this post and sign our Vision Zero Petition if you have not already done so. In memory of Mary & AnnaLeah. Thank you: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/…/save-lives-not-dollars-ur…/
300 signatures away from taking 20,000 to Washington. Who’s counting? (Yours truly, apparently!)
Less than 400 signatures needed to reach 20,000 on our Vision Zero Petition. Washington: March 4
Save Lives Not Dollars: Urge DOT to Adopt a Vision Zero Policy Help us take 20,000 signatures to Washington on March 4. Less than 400 to go!
The AnnaLeah & Mary Memorial Facebook Page got Unpublished last night because someone flagged it for inappropriate content due to Community Guidelines. I had just posted this same call to action–only with a crash scene photo which I have posted countless times before.
No explanation of what post or what the supposed violation consisted of and no way to ask any questions for clarification. Just a button to click: APPEAL.
This is what the Facebook Notification message said:
Your page has been unpublished
Your Page is currently not visible on Facebook. It looks like content posted on your Page doesn’t follow the Facebook Terms and Community Standards, so your Page was unpublished. These Terms and Standards help ensure Facebook remains a welcoming, respectful environment.
We work hard to prevent actions that compromise people’s privacy or security on Facebook, including contacting people for commercial purposes without their consent.
If you think your Page was unpublished in error, you can appeal. Before you appeal, we suggest removing any violating content from your Page. Please keep in mind that if your appeal is denied, your Page will be permanently deleted.
You appealed this decision Yesterday at 11:44pm
Facebook Community Guidelines: https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards
I’m waiting to hear if my Appeal will overturn that decision. Please pray that it get resolved quickly so that I will be able to post updates on that page when we take the Petition to Washington on March 4.
Meanwhile, please share this post and sign our Vision Zero Petition if you have not already done so. In memory of Mary & AnnaLeah. Thank you: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/…/save-lives-not-dollars-ur…/
AnnaLeah & Mary are “going to Washington, DC”; Vision Zero meetings March 3 & 4
Jerry, Isaac, and I are taking over 19,000 Vision Zero Petitions to Washington, D.C., next week. This time we are not taking them in individual envelopes. Instead, we have compiled a printed book (designed by Isaac) with the 16,516 signatures which we had on February 12–along with:
- the petition letter to Secretary Foxx
- the petition letter to President Obama
- explanations of what we mean by Vision Zero, along with examples of practical application of a Vision Zero Goal
- also, what we are asking for in an action plan, including a National Vision Zero Goal, a White House-mandated Vision Zero Task Force, and a Vision Zero Executive Order.
- Comments from signers of the petitions
- and links to all of the Vision Zero posts on the annaleahmary.com website.
We will also be making a pdf of the book available. And Care2 (ThePetitionSite) will be printing off all of the petition signatures, as of next week, and delivering them to us in a binder to take to Secretary Foxx.
On March 3 and 4, we have multiple meetings scheduled in Washington to discuss our requests and petition our country’s leaders to take decisive action.
This is our current Washington schedule (subject to change):
- 9 a.m. March 3, Rep. Ellmers’ staff
- 10 a.m., March 3, Rep. Cartwright’s staff
- 11 a.m., March 3, Rep. Holding’s staff
- noon, March 3, Sen. Isakson’s staff
- 2 p.m., March 3, joint meeting with Sen. Blumenthal’s staff & Sen. Markey’s staff
- 9 a.m., March 4, Sen. Burr’s staff
- 11 a.m., March 4, DOT policy officials
- 1:30 p.m., March 4, Underride Roundtable planning meeting
We have also arranged to have a Petition Book delivered to President Obama. When my granddaughter, Vanessa (6), saw the stack of books in my bedroom, she asked why they were still there. I explained that we were going to Washington next week and about the meetings and all of the people to whom we were going to be giving books.
Vanessa remembered going with us to deliver the first petition in May 2014. At 4, she sat quietly and “took notes.” Yesterday, she decided that she wanted to write a letter to the president to tell him that she missed Aunt Mary and Aunt AnnaLeah. So we will be taking that as well.
