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RESOLUTION NO. 87-19
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA TO
SUPPORT AB36 (FLOYD) WHICH REQUIRES OPERATORS OF TWO-WHEELED
VEHICLES TO WEAR SAFETY HELMETS
WHEREAS, in 1986 alone the California Highway Patrol statistics
show that 27,344 motorcyclists were injured and of these 833 were
killed and 3,766 had severe injuries; and,
WHEREAS, the average hospital bill of an injured motorcyclist
conservatively estimated at more than ~17,000 per individual, and
"indirect costs" such as lost wages and physical rehabilitation
usually are double the direct costs; and,
is
WHEREAS, California taxpayers are paying more than 80 percent of
the costs incurred by injured motorcyclists; and,
WHEREAS, motocyclist injuries
million a year for hospital bills
injuries in 1984; and,
cost the taxpayers more than $64
alone, based on the number of
WHEREAS, in California motorcyclists account for only three
percent of all passenger-carrying vehicles but are involved in 12
percent of crashes causing injury; and,
WHEREAS, motorcycle accidents result in an enormous financial
cost to taxpayers and the immeasurable emotional cost to victims in
the loss of human lives and suffering caused by motorcycle crashes;
and,
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 36 introduced by Richard Floyd would
require motorcyclists to wear safety helmets,
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RESOLUTION NO. 87-19
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NOW~ THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA ANA supports AB36 (Floyd) which creates a mandatory helmet
law in California in the hopes that it would reduce motorcycle rider
deaths and save the taxpayers millions of dollars annually, and do
hereby urge the California Legislature to modify the existing State
Vehicle Code to require all California motorcyclists to wear
approved safety helmets.
ADOPTED this
17th day of February, 1987,
Mayor
ATTEST:
dice C. Guy
~Clerk of the Counc/il ~
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Young Aye
McGuigan Aye
Acosta A e
Griset ~nt
Hart Aye
May Ave
Pulido
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
~QrAdt~o~C°~° er