RES-1989-042RESOLUTION NO. 89R-42
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ANAHEIM SUPPORTING THE ENACTMENT OF A
MANDATORY MOTORCYCLE HELMET LAW
WHEREAS, in 1987 alone, the California Highway Patrol
statistics show that 25,401 motorcyclists were injured and 744
were killed, and 77% of all motorcycle fatalities were persons
over age 21 and 69% of all motorcyclists injured were persons over
age 21 with an average age of victims being 25; and
WHEREAS, the average hospital bill of an injured
motorcyclist is 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
WHEREAS, California taxpayers are paying more than 80
percent of the costs incurred by injured motorcyclists; and
WHEREAS, motorcyclist injuries cost the taxpayer more
than $64 million a year for hospital bills alone, based on a study
of motorcycle victim injuries by UC Medical Center, Davis; and
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, a motorcyclist is more than 10 times more
likely, on a per mile basis, to die in a crash than an automobile
occupant; and
WHEREAS, unhelmeted riders have more than 2.5 times as
many critical or fatal head injuries as riders who wear helmets;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anaheim is
concerned about the enormous financial cost of taxpayers and the
immeasurable emotional cost to victims in loss of human lives and
suffering caused by motorcycle crashes; and
WHEREAS, a mandatory helmet law in California would
reduce motorcycle rider deaths and save the taxpayers millions of
dollars annually in medical tax dollar expenditures for care and
maintenance of brain damaged motorcycle crash victims;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of
the City of Anaheim does hereby urge the California Legislature to
pass AB 8 to require all motorcyclists in California to wear
approved safety helmets.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the
City Council of the City o£ Anaheim thisl4th day of February, 1989.
ATTEST'~
CITY CLERK OF TH'~ AHEIM
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CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution No. 89R-42 was introduced and adopted at a regular
meeting provided by law, of the City Council of the City of Anaheim held on
the 14th day of February, 1989, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: Daly, Ehrle, Pickler, Kaywood and Hunter
NOES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said
Resolution No. 89R-42 on the 15th day of February, 1989.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal
of the City of Anaheim this 15th day of February, 1989.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
( SEAL)
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that
the foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 89R-42 duly passed and adopted
by the Anaheim City Council on February 14, 1989.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF A~NAHEIM