Resolution 11059CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 11059
DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 14-20, 1986
"NATIONAL DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRIVING AWARENESS WEEK"
WHEREAS, traffic accidents cause more violent deaths in
the United States than any other cause, approximately 44,000 in
1985; and
WHEREAS, approximately 50 percent of all traffic
fatalities occur in alcohol-related crashes; and
WHEREAS, in the United States about 560,000 people are
injured in alcohol-related crashes each year, with about 43,000
serious injuries, including paraplegia; and
WHEREAS, the total societal cost of drunk and drugged
driving has been estimated at more than $26 billion per year,
which does not include the human suffering that can never be
measured; and
WHEREAS, there are increasing reports of accidents
involving drivers who have used therapeutic drugs, marijuana, or
other illegal drugs; and
WHEREAS, there has been a sustained effort at the
national and local levels to reduce these problems through
citizen's groups, task forces, and the Presidential Commission on
Drunk Driving; and
WHEREAS, an increase in the public's level of awareness
of the drunk and drugged driving problem may contribute to a
change in society's attitude toward the drunk and drugged driver
and enhance 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 attention on this critical
problem because more drivers are on the roads attending an
increased number of social functions 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 14-20, 1986 as
"National Drunk and 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 roads.
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 regular meeting
assembled on the 2nd of December, 1986,
by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Corica, 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 3rd day of
December, 1986.
rk of the City of Alameda