1986-09133-Resolution No. 86-026 Recorded 5/14/198686- 9133 L COUNSEL
BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
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A Resolution Establishing
Safety Belt Awareness Week In *
Deschutes County, Oregon,
From May 5 To May 11, 1986.
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MAY 15 1936
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WHEREAS, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of
violent deaths for people in Oregon up to age 44. More than 500
deaths occur each year within the State of Oregon due to vehicle
crashes, including an average of 19 deaths in Deschutes County
each year; and
WHEREAS, motor vehicle crashes account for ten times more
fatalities than all other forms of transportation combined; and
WHEREAS, safety belts could prevent up to 50 percent of the
traffic fatalities and reduce the number of serious injuries by
up to 65 percent; and
WHEREAS, the use of safety belts and child safety seats are
known to be the best defense against the drinking and drugged
drivers; and
WHEREAS, the current nationwide economic losses resulting
from traffic crashes exceed $65 billion each year, including over
$1.4 million each year in Deschutes County; and
WHEREAS, Safety Belt Awareness Week in Oregon is a chal-
lenge, asking citizens to make safety a lifetime habit by using
child safety seats and wearing safety belts at all times while in
a motor vehicle; and
WHEREAS, Deschutes County has undertaken the Safetybelts Are
For Everyone (SAFE) Project to increase public awareness of the
benefits of safety belt use by all persons, particularly children
and teenagers required by state law to use safety belts or child
safety seats; and
WHEREAS, Safety Belt Awareness Week in Oregon provides an
opportunity to increase safety belt use in Deschutes County; now,
therefore,
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, as follows:
Section 1. That Deschutes County hereby joins in this
important state event, and calls upon all citizens of Deschutes
County, Oregon, to establish a goal of always using safety belts
and child safety seats while traveling in motor vehicles.
DATED this ,43106t day of April, 1986.
ATTEST:
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Record`ing Secretary
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF CHUTE COUNTY, ,GON
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LOTS BR STOW PRANTE, Chair
LAUR E J! T)TLE, Commissioner
DrCK MAUDLt'N, Commssioner