HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01012002 - 2002-196 F6 FO M4
In the Matter of Declaring )
April 14 to April 20 as )
SafetyBe&Safe U.S.A Week ) RESOLUTION NO. 20021196
" EREA,5 the number one preventable cause of death and injury of children and young adults is
the automobile collision; and
WIHER ,S approximately 200 children under sixteen are killed and over 28,000 injured in
automobile collisions each year in California; and
WHEREAS, up to 71% of these children would be alive today if they had been properly restrained in
crash,tested car safety seats or safety belts; and
KWE'R.F'A,S infants and young children are not capable of initiating action to use proper restraints
and are not protected adequately by automatic belts or air bags use; and
tiMEREAS only about 60% of children in this age group are protected by regular restraint use; and
KWEREA,S crash.tested safety seats are moderately priced and widely available for purchase at retail
stores and at low cost from car safety seat distribution programs throughout California; and
WHETS the State of California has ruled that until children are both six years of age or sixty
pounds or more, they must be restrained in child safety seats when riding in motor vehicles and that all
other occupants must use safety belts; and
WHEREA,; the goal of SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. is to further the right of every child to protection from
injury or death while being transported in a motor vehicle:
NOW; THEREFORE,R.EFORE , BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors does hereby declare
safety seat checkup week April 14 to April 20, 2002. PASSED AAD ADOPTED on April 9,
2002 by a unanimous vote of the Board members present.
Mark DeSaulnier
John Ghair Gayle
Don&jerber federal D. Glover
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy
of an order entered on the Minutes of said Board of
Supervisors on the aforesaid date.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Board of Supervisors
affixed this 9th day of April 2002.
JOHN SWEETEN, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
and County Administrator.
ByL:��deputy Clerk
Introduced by Supervisor Mark DeSaulnier,District IV