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Meeting Dec 04, 2018 - REGULAR MEETING OF THEM UT PROSPECT VILLAGE BOARD - 7:00 p.m.
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Category 3. MAYOR'S REPORT
Subject 3.1 Proclamation: National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month r-, December 2018
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PROCLAMATION
"NATIONAL DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRIVING (3D)
PREVENTION MONTH"
DECEMBER 2018
WHEREAS, the Illinois Department of Transportation reported 1,078 people lost
their lives due to motor vehicle crashes in Illinois during 2017; and
WHEREAS, 35 percent of all fatally injured drivers had a positive Blood Alcohol
Concentration; and
WHEREAS, the December holiday season is traditionally one of the most deadly
times of the year for impaired driving; and
WHEREAS, for thousands of families across the state and nation, holidays are a
time to remember loved ones lost; and
WHEREAS, organizations across the state and the nation are joined with the Drive
Sober or Get Pulled Over and other campaigns that foster public awareness of the
dangers of impaired driving and anti -impaired driving law enforcement efforts; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Mount Prospect is proud to partner with the Illinois
Department of Transportation's Division of Traffic Safety and advocacy groups in
the effort to make our roads and streets safer.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Arlene A. Juracek, Mayor of the Village of Mount Prospect
do hereby proclaim December 2018 as
"Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month"
in the Village of Mount Prospect and do hereby call upon all citizens, government
agencies, business leaders, hospitals and other health care providers, schools and
public and private institutions to promote awareness of the impaired driving
problem, to support programs and policies to reduce the incidence of impaired
driving and to promote safer and healthier behaviors regarding the use of alcohol
and other drugs, this December holiday season and throughout the year.
Arlene A. Juracek
Mayor
ATTEST:
Karen M. Agoranos
Village Clerk
Dated this 4th day of December, 2018