What Can I Do?
Write to your Senator/Representative to voice your support. There are two types of letters you can write to your Senator/Representative, letters of solicitation or support.
Right now the priority is getting letters of solicitation.
There are two types of solicitation letters, 1) asking your Senator/ Representative to be a co-sponsor, and/or 2) asking the appropriate Senator/Representative for movement on the bill which is in their committee.
Example of a letter of Solicitation of Co-Sponsorship
Example of a letter of Solicitation of Movement
Introduction to a Solution
Two U.S. Senators have proposed legislation that would require safety changes to motorcoach buses. This legislation was motivated by a bus crash that killed five young Bluffton baseball players in March 2007 when the chartered bus they were traveling in toppled off an overpass in Atlanta.
Senator Sherrod Brown (Ohio) and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (Texas) want measures enforced for charter buses and passengers buses that travel from state to state. These measures include seat belts, better design to prevent passengers from being thrown out of the bus in a crash, stronger bus roofs and better training for drivers. They believe the proposed legislation would lead to a reduction in motorcoach bus accident deaths and injuries.
Communicate!
Anyone who has had their life affected by a motorcoach accident, i.e. death, serious injury, or fortunate survivor and would like to see these bills enacted or to just tell your story please feel free to contact jbetts@cityofbryan.net.