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RESOLUTION NO· 89-18 WHEREAS the leading cause of death among children under the age of four is in automobile accidents because they were not restrained in a child restraint seat or a seat belts; and WHEREAS the Office of Highway Safety is currently conducting an educational program to inform the public about the importance of restraining their children in car safety seats; and WHEREAS in 1985, a child safety seat law was passed requiring parents and guardians of children under the age of 4 years or weighing less than 40 pounds to properly protect their children in approved child safety seats when riding in cars; and WHEREAS in 1986, a seat belt law was passed that requires each occupant of the front seat of a motor vehicle which has a gross vehicle weight of not more than eight thousand pounds and which is manufactured with safety belts, to have a safety belt properly fastened about his or her body at all times when the vehicle is in motion; and WHEREAS a study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that the lives of 213 infants and toddlers were saved in 1987 by the use of safety restraints; and WHEREAS nearly 75 percent of Idaho's young children involved in fatal and injury accidents in 1988 were not restrained in child safety seats; and WHEREAS on the other hand, the nationwide child safety restraint usage is estimated at 85 percent. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and Council of the City of Moscow do hereby urge the drivers of motor vehicles comply with the law by insisting that all occupants utilize seat belts, and that particular attention be paid to proper restraint of infants and young children. ADOPTED by the Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this day of September, 1989. ---PAGE BREAK--- ATTEST; y u£ I \ , , :r Elaine Russell, City Clerk