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`~A.~,. ~ DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL
DATE: June 22, 2010
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Joni Pattillo, City Manager
SUBJEC . No Texting While Driving Resolution
Prepared By: Caroline P. Soto, City C/erk
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
CITY CLERK
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The City Council will consider adopting a"No Texting While Driving" Resolution to promote safe
driving in the State of California.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
None at this time.
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt Resolution regarding No Texting While Driving.
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Submitted By
City Clerk
DESCRIPTION:
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Assistant City anager
The City Council will consider joining AT&T in its efforts to educate the general public about the
danger of texting while driving and discuss adopting a resolution regarding no texting while
driving to promote safe driving in the State of California.
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH:
Not applicable.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Resolution regarding No Texting While Driving
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RESOLUTION NO. XX -10 ~
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL ~~~
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
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NO TEXTING WHILE DRIVING
WHEREAS, the City Council holds the health and safety of its citizens as a paramount
concern; and
WHEREAS, wireless phone use has become ubiquitous through our community, California,
and the nation as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the use of text messages has grown exponentially in recent years; and
WHEREAS, a recent Pew Internet & American Life Project study found that 26% of American
teens of driving age say that they have texted while driving, and 48% of all teens 12 to 17 say that
they have been a passenger while a driver has sent a text message; and
WHEREAS, a recent Nationwide Insurance study showed that eighty percent of respondents
support some type of ban on sending text messages or emails while driving; and
WHEREAS, a recent Virginia Tech study showed sending electronic text messages while
driving makes an accident 23 times more likely; and
WHEREAS, a study conducted by The Transport Research Laboratory in the United Kingdom
showed that sending text messages while driving is riskier than driving under the influence of alcohol
or drugs; and
WHEREAS, a driver that attempts to send electronic text messages while driving is not just a
hazard to themselves, but to passengers, other drivers, and pedestrians as well; and
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Transportation has banned all commercial truck
and bus drivers from sending electronic text messages while driving, with the support of the drivers'
unions; and
WHEREAS, it is illegal to send electronic text messages while driving in the state of
California.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Dublin promotes safe driving in
the state of California and hereby joins AT&T in its effort to educate the general public about the
danger of texting while driving.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this _nd day of , 2010, by the
following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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