Bike friends - Please see the message below for another opportunity to help out with the Be Bright campaign - a chance to educate campus bicyclists about the importance of using lights at night and also distribute lights to those that don't have them.
[Personal opinion: They should also be doing some media/social media/outreach coverage BEFORE the campaign. I don't like how people see this as a "light giveaway," and there never seems to be any enforcement after these isolated evenings in the fall. I've seen far too many close calls myself to be complacent about people riding without lights.] As you can see, we know the time and date of the volunteer opportunity, but not the location, but it will be somewhere in the central/east campus area. (I think "lower campus" means southern area, like maybe the SW path, Dayton, or Union South area, but not sure.) If you email me, I'll let you know when final details emerge. Thanks in advance! Robbie Webber ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kristin Radtke <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 11:37 AM Subject: Be Bright/volunteers needed! Good morning! UWPD received a grant from the Dane County Bike Association to purchase and distribute bike light sets to those bicyclists not having appropriate lighting. We have 80 light sets and I would like to do two events, giving away 40 lights each night. I have picked Wednesday, September 25 and Wednesday, October 2 as the nights. The time is roughly 7:30-9:00pm, depending on sunset, etc. We will do one event in the lower campus area and one in the southeast area. The locations will not be made public, as I don't want students showing up to get a free light because they read/heard it somewhere. The plan is that the light sets will be ready in advance (let me know if you want to help with this). On the night of the event an officer will stop a violator and do appropriate education. While the bicyclist is being educated a volunteer (any of you or people you know) will be installing the light sets (front and rear). Tools needed is screwdrivers and flathead screwdrivers. We will have some, but if volunteers have their own to bring and use them-self that would be great. Please let me know if you are interested in helping and/or have any questions. Thank you for helping to make this a successful event! Kristin -- ______________________________**________________ Police Officer Kristin Radtke Central Campus Community Officer UW- Madison Police Department
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