HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01012003 - 2003-186 In the Matter of Declaring )
11-larch 30, to April5Safety Feat Checkup Week)
In Contra Costa County ) RESOLUTION NO. 20031186
WffEREA$ the number one preventable cause of death and injury of children and young adults is
the automobile collision; and
%HbREAS, approximately 150 child passengers under sixteen are killed and 24,000 injured in
automobile collisions each year in California„ and
' W6RFA$ 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. Only 60 percent of
children in this age group are protected by restraint use on eMMrid'e, and
%WEREA$ crash rested 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
WHEREAS the State of California has ruled that until children are six years of age or sixty
pounds, they must be restrained in child safety seats when riding in motor vehicles and that all other
occupants must use safety belts, and
WHEREAS, 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, 7HEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors does hereby declare
the week of March 30 to April 5, 2003 to be Safety Seat Checkup geek in Contra Costa
County.
PASSED AAV ADOP7 Don April 1, 2003 by a unanimous vote of the Board members
present~
Mark DeSaulnier, Chairman
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 I-Day of April, 2003.
JC}I-IN SWEETEN, Clerk of the Board. of Supervisors
and Count Administrator.
{1
B t Deputy Clerk
Inmduced by Supervisor Mark De&ulnier,District IV