|
|
|
WHEREAS, in 2005, a total of 28,238 motor vehicle crashes occurred in Idaho, killing 275 people and injuring 14,436, at a cost to Idahoans of some $1,776,645,991; and WHEREAS, impaired driving caused approximately 36 percent of those deaths; and WHEREAS, driving under the influence (DUI) is unacceptable, it puts our families at risk, and Idahoans will not tolerate the senseless death and injury on our state’s roadways caused by those who choose to drive impaired; and WHEREAS, community-based anti-DUI strategies including education, effective laws, and strong law enforcement through weekly anti-DUI saturation patrols have been proven to be successful in reducing impaired driving; and WHEREAS, the State of Idaho is a partner in that effort to make our highways, roads and streets safer; NOW, THEREFORE, I, JAMES E. RISCH, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim August 9, 2006 through September 4, 2006 to be IDAHO’S IMPAIRED DRIVING CRACKDOWN and hereby call upon all citizens, government agencies, business leaders, hospitals, schools, and public and private institutions in Idaho to promote awareness of the impaired driving problem, to support programs and policies to reduce the incidence of impaired driving, to promote safer and healthier behaviors regarding the use of alcohol and other drugs, and to provide opportunities for all Idahoans to participate in saving lives this Labor Day Holiday period.
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great
Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in Boise on this 27th day of July in
the year of our Lord two thousand and six and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred thirty-first and of the Statehood of Idaho the
one hundred seventeenth.
