CC Resolution No. 8309
RESOIIJl'Iœ NO. 8309
A RESOIIJl'Iœ OF 'ItIE CITY OXJNCIL OF 'ItIE CITY OF aJPERl'INO
Slik'~.I.rIG TRUCK SAFEr1C
WHEREAS, last year in the united states, 100,000 people \ær8 injured
am 4,500 killed in traffic accidents involvin;J truc.ks: am
WHEREAS, car passerçers are 32 times more liJœly to die in a car-truck
collision than the driver of the rig: am
WHEREAS, 76% of the truc.ks in truck-related accidents had broken,
subs'taI'Dard or defective parts am 41% of them \ær8 so poorly maintained
they \ær8 iJ......,.H"te1y ordered cut of service: am
WHEREAS, 10I¥Jer cc:.mbination vehicles, such as "Twin 48s" (one truck
carryin;J two 48 foot trailers) measurin;J more than one-t1ùxd the size of a
football field am wiqhi.n;J as nuch as 134,000 pcœœ haVe accident rate
as II1.Jch as 2-3 times that of stan:Jard truc.ks: am
WHEREAS, the violent whip-like actions which occur when truc.ks rapidly
chan;Je lanes is 3 1/2 times that of stan:Jard truc.ks: am
WHEREAS, highway traffic safety am the prevention of accidents is of
the ut:JooSt concem to all of us usin;J the highwaYS:
NCM, ~~, BE IT RESOLVED that the National AssOCiation of
Governor's Highway Safety Representatives am the OJpertino city council
su¡;:p:>rt efforts that resist in:::reasin;J the size am wight of cc:mnercial
trucks .
PASSED AND AOOPrED at
City of OJpertino this
followin;J vote:
a regular meetirg of the City council of the
7th day of January , 1991, by the
vote
AYES:
Members of the City council
Goldman, Rogers, Sorensen, Szabo,
NOES:
ABSENT:
None
Koppel
ABSTAIN:
None
ATI'EST :
APPROVED:
Isl Dorothy Cornelius
City Clerk
Isl Nick Szabo
Mayor, City of OJpertino
Pro Tempore