014-95
PROCLAMATION
National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D)
Prevention MOnth 1995
WHEREAS, drivers and pedestrians impaired by alcohol and other
drugs account for nearly 27,700 U. S. highway deaths annually; and
WHEREAS, there were 11,499 alcohol-related crashes in Virginia in
1994 resulting in 376 fatalities and 10,258 injuries; and
WHEREAS, nationwide, alcohol is involved in nearly half of all
traffic fatalities; and
WHEREAS, injury and property damage resulting from impaired driving
cause physical, emotional, and economic hardship for hundreds of
thousands of adults and young people; and
WHEREAS, a decade of intense public education effort has proved
that alcohol-related highway crashes are not accidents and can be
prevented; and
WHEREAS, comprehensive community-based strategies to further reduce
and prevent impaired driving tragedies are known;
NOW, THEREFORE, WE, RICHARD DICK AND GARY CHRISMAN, do hereby
proclaim December, 1995, as National Drunk and Drugged Driving
Prevention Month in Winchester and Frederick County, in the
Cowmonwealth of Virginia. As the Chairman of the Board and Mayor,
we also call upon all citizens, government agencies, public and
private institutions, businesses, hospitals, and schools in the
Winchester-Frederick County community, in the Commonwealth of
Virginia, to promote awareness of causes of driver impairment,
existing and proposed laws intended to further reduce and prevent
impaired driving, and~nities to establish safer and
hier norms ~rtr{hg the use of alcohol and ot~er drugs for
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PROCLAMATION NO.: 014-95