HomeMy WebLinkAbout032-87Resolution No. 32-87
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
OF THE TOWN OF DANVILLE
Supporting Legislature to Require Motorcyclists to Wear Helmets
in California
WHEREAS, in California motorcyclists account for only three
percent of all passenger-carrying vehicles but are involved in
twelve percent of crashes causing injury; and
WHEREAS, California taxpayers are paying more than 80 percent of
the costs incurred by injured motorcyclists; and
WHEREAS, per mile, a motorcyclist is more than ten times more
likely to die in a crash than an automobile occupant; and
WHEREAS, unhelmeted riders have more than 2.5 times as many
critical or fatal head injuries as riders who wear helmets; and
WHEREAS, we are concerned about the enormous financial cost to
taxpayers and the unmeasurable emotional cost to victims in loss
of human lives and suffering caused by motorcycle crashes; and
WHEREAS, a mandatory helmet law in California would reduce
motorcycle rider deaths and save the taxpayer millions of
dollars annually;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Council of the Town
of Danville does hereby urge the California legislature to pass
AB36 to modify the existing state vehicle code to require all
California motorcyclists to wear approved safety helmets.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this fourth day of May, 1987 by the
following vote:
AYES: Kennett, Lane, Schlendorf
NOES: Offenhartz
ABSENT: McNeely
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