Resolution 10217CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 10217
NATIONAL DRUNK & DRUGGED DRIVING AWARENESS WEEK
December 11-17, 1983
WHEREAS, traffic crashes cause more violent deaths in the
United States than any other cause, over 50,000 in 1980; and
WHEREAS, traffic crashes also play a substantial role in
serious injuries, causing most of the new cases of epilepsy and
paraplegia in the United States each year; and
WHEREAS, between 45 and 55 percent of fatally injured
drivers have alcohol concentrations in their blood above the legal
limit, and this figure rises to 55 to 65 percent in single-vehicle
crashes; and
WHEREAS, the total societal cost of drunk driving has been
estimated to be as high as $25 billion a year, which does not include
the human suffering that can never be measured; and
WHEREAS, there are increasing reports of collisions involving
drivers who have used prescription or illegal drugs; and
WHEREAS, there has been a groundswell of national and local
activity aimed at these problems through citizens groups, task
forces, and the Presidential Commission on Drunk Driving; and
WHEREAS, increased public knowledge about the gravity of
the problem of drunk and drugged driving may convince alcohol and
drug users to refrain from driving, and may stimulate interest in
research about effects of drugs on driving ability and the incidence
of traffic crashes; and
WHEREAS, national awareness of the problems of drunk and
drugged driving may help to sustain current efforts to develop
comprehensive solutions at the State and local levels; and
WHEREAS, the Christmas and New Year's holiday period is a
particularly appropriate time to focus national attention on this
critical problem, because more drivers are on the roads, more social
functions are attended, and more traffic collisions occur.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ALAMEDA that the City of Alameda joins with the United States
Congress, the President of the United States, legislatures, city
and town councils, governors, mayors, and other citizens across the
Nation, in designating the week of December 11-17, 1983 as "National
Drunk & Drugged Driving Awareness Week" in supporting national and
local observances thereof, and in reminding our fellow citizens that
safety belts and child safety seats are our best defense against all
the hazards of the road.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution
was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the
City of Alameda in a regular meeting assembled on the 6th day of
December, 1983, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Gorman, Hanna, Lucas, Monsef and
President Diament — 5.
NOES : None.
ABSENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 7th day of December, 1983.
City Cler'` "o the City