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> Sent: Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 8:45 AM
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> Subject: Re: Can UT do more to prevent Slip and Fall Accidents?
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July 24, 2023
Dear Very Honorable Public-Safety-Minded and Risk Management-Minded Officials,
I am also hopeful that one or more of you officials will be willing to publicly advocate for establishment by the Utah Legislature of an official new "Utah Pedestrians Ombudsman" or "Utah Pedestrians Liaison Officer" position of leadership for pedestrians of all ages throughout our state.
That new official for the State of Utah could offer a 24-hour-a-day hotline that invites pedestrian concerns, pedestrian complaints, and pedestrian suggestions from throughout our entire state.
That Utah Pedestrians Liaison Officer could also testify before a committee of the Utah Legislature and could work with the Utah Department of Transportation and Utah Department of Public Safety to ensure that pedestrians and bicyclists get safe walking or bicycling conditions throughout our entire state.
As each of you must be very aware, there is something intrinsically noble about the pedestrians and bicyclists of our state.
They contribute significantly toward reduction of air pollution levels throughout our state and toward reduction of motor-vehicle traffic congestion on roadways of Utah. They also help our entire state to conserve on our collective fossil-fuel consumption levels.
Thank you to each of you for accepting and reviewing this two-part letter from me. I would welcome a reply letter from any of you on any aspect of this.
Sincerely and Best Wishes,
Progressive Prohibitionist Religion founder and only member John Kevin McMillan, 535 South 200 East, Apt. 912, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.
Cell phone: (512) 993-7305.
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> On Sun, Jul 23, 2023 at 9:53 PM, John McMillan
> <mcmillanj@att.net> wrote:
> July 23, 2023
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> Dear Very Honorable State of Utah and Local Government Officials,
>
> I am sure each of you is very aware that medical injuries from Slip and Fall Pedestrian Accidents in our state are among the leading reasons why Utahns age 60 or over are later admitted into a nursing home as a resident.
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> Also alarming is the State Government of Utah-provided statistic that a high percentage of reported Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) cases in Utah were caused by Slip and Fall accidents in our state.
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> Do any of you very influential officials believe that the State Government of Utah should do more than at present to help prevent Slip and Fall accidents here in our state?
>
> Among the possible prevention strategies that come to mind for me are:
> ---Identification of each of the outdoor sidewalks in Utah where the largest number of Slip and Fall Accidents have been recently reported.
> --Help fund safety-minded renovation or reconstruction of each of the "Most Dangerous Sidewalks of Utah", improvements that would help to make outdoor sidewalks as consistently level and "foot-friendly" as possible for pedestrians.
> ---Widen many of the busiest outdoor sidewalks, which might help reduce the number of pedestrian collisions and resulting Slip and Fall Accidents on sidewalks.
> ---Issue "Pedestrian Traffic" citations to Scooter riders, joggers, runners, bicyclists, and skateboard riders who habitually fail to say "Behind You" or "To Your Side" when they pass a pedestrian on an outdoor sidewalk in Utah.
> --Help fund more frequent removal by maintenance staff of trash items and abandoned Scooters from outdoor sidewalks in Utah.
> --Offer funding toward the design of new and safer fully-slip-resistant and comfortable outdoor hiking shoes for all ages (shoes specially designed to handle the weather-related and terrain conditions in each region of Utah) and safer more comfortable indoor shoes for all ages, that can significantly reduce the per-capita incidence of Slip and Fall accidents for the Utah pedestrians who wear them.
> ---Sponsor a semiannual Utah Slip and Fall Prevention Shoes Fashion Show that features commentary by a leader of that event on why each featured shoe being worn on stage by a model is highly recommended by podiatrists here in Utah.
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> Also, do any of you know officials of any other U.S. state that has a more effective state-approved Slip-and-Fall-Accidents Prevention Plan than Utah?
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> Do any of you believe that the Utah Legislature or a state agency here in Utah should consider sponsoring a study to identify any and all Slip-and-Fall-Prevention strategies of other U.S. states that might also be successful here in Utah?
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> Thank you in advance for any written response on this that any of you honorable officials are willing to offer me.
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> Sincerely and Best Wishes,
> John Kevin McMillan, a permanent resident of Utah ever since January 1, 2023, after I completed one full calendar year of residence here in the Beehive State.
> I am the founder and only member of the non-proseltyzing and public safety-minded alcohol-free "Progressive Prohibitionist Religion".
> My fully locked solo-occupancy rental-apartment-unit home address:
> 535 South 200 East, Apt. 912, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.
> Cell phone: (512) 993-7305.
> Home phone: (801) 355-0850.
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