PRINTER'S NO. 228
No. 20 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY FOX, McHALE, LESCOVITZ, ANGSTADT, ROBBINS, McCALL,
J. L. WRIGHT, CESSAR, BOWSER, MRKONIC, SAURMAN, MAINE, ITKIN,
MERRY, WESTON, LANGTRY, FARGO, CIMINI AND JACKSON,
FEBRUARY 9, 1987
ADOPTED, FEBRUARY 9, 1987
A RESOLUTION
1 Proclaiming the week of February 9 through 15, 1987, as "Child
2 Passenger Safety Week."
3 WHEREAS, The health and well-being of children is everyone's
4 greatest concern and more children in Pennsylvania are seriously
5 and fatally injured while riding in motor vehicles than from any
6 disease or other type of accident; and
7 WHEREAS, Observational surveys in Pennsylvania have shown
8 that fewer than 60% of children under four years of age are
9 protected by safely constructed child car seats; and
10 WHEREAS, The proper use of safe child car seats and seat
11 belts by all children would almost eliminate the chance of
12 serious or fatal injury in the sudden stop or crash of a car;
13 and
14 WHEREAS, State law now requires that safety restraints or
15 seat belts be used when children under four years of age are
16 being transported; and
17 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Child Passenger Safety Project
1 annually observes Child Passenger Safety Week the last week in
2 February; therefore be it
3 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives proclaim the week
4 of February 9 through 15, 1987, as "Child Passenger Safety
5 Week," and urge all citizens of Pennsylvania to be child safety
6 conscious and to use seat belts and car seats for their
7 children.
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