4.1 National Drunk & Drugged Dr National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month 1994
WHEREAS, drivers and pedestrians impaired by alcohol and other drugs account for
nearly 17,500 highway deaths annually; and
WHEREAS, motor vehicle crashes are the number one cause of death for children,
adolescents, and young adults in the United States; and
WHEREAS, alcohol is involved in nearly half of all traffic fatalities; and
WHEREAS, injury and property damage resulting from alcohol-irnpaired driving cause
physical, emotional, and economic hardship for hundreds of thousands of adults and
young people; and
WHEREAS, comprehensive community-based strategies to further reduce and prevent
impaired driving tragedies are known; and
WHEREAS, health care costs resulting from motor vehicle injuries cost American society
over $14 billion a year; and save $35,000 in health care costs alone for each serious
injury that is prevented.
WHEREAS, if we take a stand now, we can prevent impaired driving;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mayor Joseph A. Warner do hereby proclaim December 1994 as
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month in Salina, Kansas. I also call
upon all citizens, government agencies, public and private institutions, businesses,
hospitals, and schools in Salina, Kansas to promote awareness of causes of driver
impairment, existing and proposed laws intended to further reduce and prevent impaired
driving, and opportunities to establish safer and healthier norms regarding the use of
alcohol and other drugs for all citizens, particularly young people.
Mayor Joseph A. Warner