PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Michelle Campo on E-bike Safety and Intro 606
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Michelle Campo, a 3rd generation New Yorker, testified in support of Intro 606 (Priscilla's Law) and shared a personal story about her husband, a professional cyclist, who was hit by an e-bike on a bike path. She expressed concerns about the lack of accountability for e-bike riders and questioned the accuracy of DOT's safety data.
- Campo's husband suffered three fractured ribs from the incident, but it went unreported
- She highlighted the potential danger of e-bikes on sidewalks and her method of self-defense using a cane
- Campo criticized the lack of action taken after her husband's accident and expressed skepticism about DOT's data on e-bike incidents
Michelle Campo
6:36:43
Like that?
6:36:45
Okay.
6:36:46
Hi.
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I've been waiting a while.
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I'm a, 3rd generation New Yorker since everybody else has seemed to be identifying themselves.
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My name is Michelle Campo.
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I thank you for holding this hearing.
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I'm here in support of Priscilla's Law 0606.
6:37:03
I've waited I've been till the end of the everybody else and I seem to be between 2 TA people, so I'm really happy.
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I wanna say that my husband who is a prof excuse me?
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My husband is a professional cyclist.
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He was, he was track director of the Velodrome.
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He knows how to ride a bike.
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He coached the West Point Cadets.
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He was on the he was on the bike path coming downtown on the west side.
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He was hit from behind by somebody who cursed him out at the time.
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He was in an EVHICLE, this guy.
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Hit him, sent him flying.
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He couldn't identify the guy.
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The guy cursed at him because, oh, he was in his way, so he had to hit him.
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And then, and there were 2 people.
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It was by Chelsea Piers.
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There were 2 women there with little flags to tell people what to do.
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They said, oh, you did the wrong thing.
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Did they call it in?
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No.
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Nobody called it in.
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So that's not on the record either.
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I don't know about this data that DOT has, but it's a little skewed.
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And I I had to urge him because he's a little, you know, strong guy, to go and finally check out that, yes, he had 3 fractured ribs.
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Nothing was done about this.
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But if I ever find this guy, I have a cane and when I walk down the sidewalk and somebody's coming at me on an e bike, I said, what you gonna do now?
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So that's my defense.
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I haven't been hit, but if I have, you might see me on the news because, I don't know, they might be hurt.
