HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2021.03.25 - 34254MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #21095 March 25, 2021
BY: Commissioner Eileen Kowall, District #6; Bob Hoffman, District #2; Adam Kochenderfer, District #15;
Thomas Kuhn, District#11; Christine Long, District#7; Gary McGillivray, District#20; Chuck Moss, District
#12; Philip Weipert, District #8; Charlie Cavell, District #18; Yolanda Charles, District #17; Janet Jackson,
District#21; Karen Joliat, District#4; Penny Luebs, District#16; Gwen Markham, District#9; William Miller,
District #14; Angela Powell, District #10; David Woodward, District #19; Michael Spisz, District #3; Michael
Gingell, District #1; Commissioner Marcia Gershenson, District #13
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS— DESIGNATION OF APRIL 2021 AS NATIONAL 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 April 2021 as National Distracted Driving Awareness Month in Oakland County and encourages
all motorists to commit to practice safe driving behaviors.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
Resolution #21095 March 25, 2021
Moved by Weipert seconded by Luebs the resolutions on the amended Consent Agenda be adopted.
AYES: Charles, Gershenson, Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Joliet, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn,
Long, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Miller, Moss, Nelson, Powell, Spisz, Weipert, Woodward,
Cavell. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions on the amended Consent Agenda were adopted.
I HEREBY APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION
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 March 25, 2021,
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 25th day of March 2021.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County