Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 148

Introduced by Senator Bates

(Coauthors: Senators Block, Fuller, Hertzberg, and Leno)

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Baker, Chang, Chávez, Dodd, Cristina Garcia, Lackey, and Wagner)

June 2, 2016

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 148—Relative to Crosswalk Safety Awareness Month.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SCR 148, as introduced, Bates. Crosswalk Safety Awareness Month.

This measure would designate October as Crosswalk Safety Awareness Month.

Fiscal committee: no.

WHEREAS, The State of California has in the past initiated
statewide programs designed to promote safety through education
and training; and

WHEREAS, The Legislature desires to reinforce and emphasize
crosswalk safety for students and child safety on public roads by
dedicating a month to crosswalk safety awareness; and

WHEREAS, It is incumbent on all drivers to pay focused
attention to the well-being of everyone using a crosswalk; and

WHEREAS, Children and adults are encouraged to walk in
crosswalks when crossing the street and to observe crosswalk rules,
including to look before entering, walk not run, not text or wear
headsets, and stay alert as to oncoming traffic; and

WHEREAS, The state has adopted the concept of “complete
streets” in roadway design to promote other modes of traffic,
including walking and bicycling; and

WHEREAS, So that the lives of all those lost in crosswalks are
remembered, in particular the three children who lost their lives
on Halloween night 2014; and

WHEREAS, Californians should feel safe and protected any
time they walk and need to cross roadways; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature proclaims that the month
of October be designated as Crosswalk 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.

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