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Citizens for a Safe Golden Gate Bridge, has sent this document to over One Hundred and Twenty-Five, Corporate Sponsor and Community leaders, for Corporate Sponsorship and Community Support, in hopes of raise funds for the installation of the movable median traffic barrier for the Golden Gate Bridge. between; October 4, 1999 through January 15, 2000 I am the Chairman and Founder of “Citizens for a Safe Golden Gate Bridge”. We are interested in Corporate Sponsorships for the Golden Gate Bridge and Doyle Drive Movable Traffic Safety Barriers installation. We have worked for the past decade to create safe driving conditions, while preventing head-on collisions on the world famous Golden Gate Bridge. The installation of a Movable Median Barrier will save the lives of our families, community and commuters using the Bridge on a daily basis. The Golden Gate Bridge Ten-Year Accident Record Without a Barrier: Number of Accidents 78 Number of Injuries 46 Number of Fatalities 8 Current Operations Utilizing a Barrier Systems Inc. of Carson City, Nevada Barrier: Locations Auckland Harbor Bridge, New Zealand; Coronado Bridge, San Diego, CA Head on Collisions None Other Accidents 20% to $40% Reduction in Number of Accidents; Use 30% as average Capital Cost $6,937,000 Model Narrow Quick Change Movable QMBtm Time to complete One year after approval to proceed Doyle Drive: Status: The latest Cal Trans Report shows the need for this type of Barrier. Capital Cost: $3,000,000 Time to complete 120 days after approval to proceed. The cost of eliminating three crossover accidents is less than the cost of The Doyle Drive Barrier. One year’s accident reduction will also pay for it. It needs to be fabricated concurrently with The Bridge Barrier and be ready for operation on September 01, 2000.
We are asking you as a leader (To whom the letter is addressed to) to please consider making a safe driving environment on The Golden Gate Bridge and its approach road, a high priority in your public concerns. Most of the drivers are commuters from Marin County, and many of your employees will join these ranks when you relocate to the Presidio. This barrier work is in accordance with a long-standing commitment to motor vehicle safety and is consistent with goals to save lives and minimize injury to all vehicle users. The BSI Barrier is an innovative solution in Traffic Barrier Design. We have been working with The Bridge Directors at their public meetings and have demonstrated our ability to work effectively with them. There are few better causes than public safety. Thank you for your consideration, and we look forward to discussing this with you in the next few months. Respectfully yours, Robert M. Guernsey
This document was written by Director John P. Ehlen & Director Alexandra F. Ehlen We are in the process now, of sending out several hundred more proposals to all concern citizens with financial powers that could facilitate the need to protect the daily commuter from deadly harm due to an head-on collision on the Golden Gate Bridge, including; Chairman of the Board, Presidents, District Managers, Operating Managers, General Managers, and Public Relations leaders, and state government agencies and to Washington D.C.
Allied Van Lines	America West Airlines	American Airlines	American Linen
American Standard	ARCO Corp.	AutoDesk Inc.	Avis Inc
B.F. Goodrich Co.	Bank of America	Bechtel Foundation	Bekins Van Lines
Big Joe Fork Lifts	Bridgestone Tires	Bridgestone/Firestone	Butler Buildings
California Bank	Canon USA	Caterpillar	Cellular One
Century 21	Charles Schwab	Chevron Corp	Coca- Cola
Continental Airlines	Cooper Tire and Rubber	Daimler Chrysler	Danka Machines
D. & L. Packard Fdntn.	Delta Airlines	Delta Dental	EQUILAN
Shell EXXON Corp.	Farmers Insurance	Federal Express	Fireman’s Fund Ins.
Fitness USA	Ford Foundation	Ford Motor Company	Gap Stores
General Electric	General Motors Corp.	GM Foundation	Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Guide Dogs for the Blind	Hallmark	Hertz Corp	Home Depot
Honda	Hyatt Hotels	Hyster Trucks	IBM
Isuzu	K-Mart	Kia	Kohler Plumbing
Longs Drug Stores	Lucas Films, Ltd.	Lucky Store Inc	Mann Community Fdntn.
Marriott Hotels	Meineke Mufflers	Merrill Lynch	Metropolitan Life Ins.
Michelin/Uniroyal	Microsoft Corporation	Minolta Cameras	Mitsubishi
Montgomery Wards	Nikon Cameras	North American Van Lines	North West Airlines
Pacific Bell	Paine Webber	Papyrus	Pepsi Co
PPG Industries	Precision Tune	Prudential Ins. Co.	Radio Shack
Richo Business Systems	Saab	Safeway	Sanwa Bank
SF BMC	Sharp Business Systems	Sheraton Hotels
Sprint	State Farm Auto Ins.	Target Stores	Thomasville
TOSCO	Trans World Airlines	Transamerica Corp	United Air Lines
United Parcel Service	United Van Lines	Volkswagen	Volvo
Walgreen Drug Stores	Wal-mart	Wells Fargo & Co.	Western Union
Yokohama Tire	Zep Maintenance & Products	Local Union # 250-A	Local Union # 624
Local Union # 6	Local Union # 38	Local Union # 21	Local Union # 3
Local Union # 377	District Council # 8	District Council Carpenters.	District Council Cement Masons.
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