Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 41

Introduced by Senators Huff, Cannella, and Fuller

(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Jones)

(Coauthor: Assembly Member Logue)

May 6, 2013

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 41—Relative to Motorcycle Awareness Month.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SCR 41, as introduced, Huff. Motorcycle Awareness Month.

This measure would proclaim May 2013 as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in California.

Fiscal committee: no.

WHEREAS, In 1987, the State of California initiated a
statewide, multifaceted motorcycle safety program designed to
promote safety through the education and training of novice
motorcycle riders; and

WHEREAS, Beginning in 2008, the California Highway Patrol
partnered with public and private motorcycle safety stakeholder
organizations to develop a comprehensive effort to address a steep,
10-year increase of motorcyclist fatalities and injuries on the state’s
roadways; and

WHEREAS, Motorcyclists throughout the state raise funds for
the less fortunate through charity runs and benefits, and encourage
continued involvement within their communities; and

WHEREAS, During the month of May 2013, the California
Motorcyclist Safety Program, the California Highway Patrol, and
national, state, and local motorcycle safety organizations will join
together in an effort to increase awareness by motorcyclists and
motorists of the need to safely coexist in California’s roadways;
and

WHEREAS, Since its inception, the California Motorcyclist
Safety Program has set a national record and leads the nation with
over 843,000 motorcyclists trained; and

WHEREAS, California motorcyclists are encouraged to properly
outfit themselves with proper protective equipment, licensing, and
insurance, and to adhere to our state’s rules of the road; and

WHEREAS, The California Highway Patrol and the California
Motorcyclist Safety Program are committed to educating
motorcycle riders and operators about other vehicles to reduce the
pain, suffering, and economic loss that result from traffic collisions,
through education on the dangers of impaired riding and the need
for other motorists to be aware of motorcycles among the mix of
vehicles used for transportation; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature proclaims May 2013 as
Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in California; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.