HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.10.21 - 33779REQUESTING SUSPENSION
OF THE BOARD RULES FOR
IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
UNDER NEW BUSINESS
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #20467
BY: Commissioners Eileen Kowall, District #6; Helaine Zack, District #18; Michael Spisz, District #3; Gary
McGillivray, District #20; Janet Jackson, District #21; Bob Hoffman, District #2; Christine Long, District #7;
Thomas Middleton, District #4; Marcia Gershenson, District #13; and Penny Luebs, District #16
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — DESIGNATION OF OCTOBER 2020 AS DISTRACTED
DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS distracted driving is the result of engaging in other activities while driving; and
WHEREAS according to the National Safety Council (NSC), cell phone distracted driving has become a
serious public health threat; and
WHEREAS more than 700 injury crashes involved distracted driving on an average day and the economic
toll of all motor vehicle crashes in the U.S. annually exceeds $400 billion; and
WHEREAS the NSC estimates more than 2,800 people in the U.S. died in distraction -related crashes in
2018 alone — resulting in at least seven people dying every day; and
WHEREAS road construction worker deaths are on the rise as a result of being struck by vehicles or mobile
equipment on highways, streets and bridges; and
WHEREAS a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) survey found that about 20% of
drivers between the ages of 18-20, and nearly 30% of drivers between the ages of 21-34 said that texting
makes no difference to their driving performance; and
WHEREAS the NHTSA survey also found that at least half of all drivers report that talking on a phone
makes no difference to their driving performance; and
WHEREAS the Texas A&M Transportation Institute conducted a study that revealed that the voice -to -text
method offers no real safety advantage over manual texting and driving performances suffered equally with
both methods; and
WHEREAS preventing distracted driving injuries and deaths requires the cooperation of all levels of
government, employers and the general public; and
WHEREAS by designating a month to the awareness of distracted driving, the Board of Commissioners
look to educate Oakland County residents about the dangers of distracted driving.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
designates October 2020 as Distracted Driving Awareness Month in Oakland County and encourages all
motorists to practice safe driving behaviors.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
/ Commissioner E leen Rbwall Commissioner Helain ack
District#6 � District#18
Michael Spisz
Coniftsioner Janet Jackson
Di,trict#2�\� 1�
Commissioner Christine Long
Diist�rict,#7
Commissioner Nfarcla Gershenson
District #13
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Commissioner Thomas Middleton
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Commiss 'o er Penny Luebs
District #16
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Resolution #20467
October21, 2020
Moved by Kowall seconded by Spisz to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution #20467 —
Board of Commissioners— Designation of October 2020 as Distracted Driving Awareness Month in Oakland
County.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #20467 — Board of Commissioners — Designation of October 2020 as Distracted Driving
Awareness Month in Oakland County carried.
Moved by Kowall seconded by Spisz the resolution be adopted
Discussion followed.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Gershenson, Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer, Kowall,
Kuhn, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Miller, Nelson, Powell, Quarles, Spisz. (18)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
I H> RUBY APPROVE
THIS ��SOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO MCL 45.559A (7)
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on October 21,
2020, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court at Pontiac,
Michigan this 21s' day of October, 2020.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County