Bill Text: CA ACR140 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Concurrent Resolution 140 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Don't Text and Drive Day.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 46-22)

Status: (Passed) 2016-06-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 64, Statutes of 2016. [ACR140 Detail]

Download: California-2015-ACR140-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: ACR 140	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  64
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 8, 2016
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JUNE 2, 2016
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 25, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 25, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 8, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Obernolte
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Arambula, Atkins, Baker,
Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Calderon, Campos,
Chau, Ch�vez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia,
Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper,
Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder,
Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, O'
Donnell, Patterson, Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas,
Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, and
Wood)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   Relative to Don't Text and Drive Day.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 140, Obernolte. Don't Text and Drive Day.
   This measure would proclaim April 27, 2016, as Don't Text and
Drive Day, and would call upon individuals, government agencies, and
schools, among others, to promote awareness of the problem of texting
and driving and to support programs and policies that reduce the
incidence of texting while driving in California and nationwide.



   WHEREAS, Texting while driving poses a significant risk to drivers
and those around them; and
   WHEREAS, In California, it is unlawful to write, send, or read a
text message while driving, without using voice-operated and
hands-free technology; and
   WHEREAS, The National Safety Council estimates that over 340,000,
or 6 percent, of all car crashes in 2013 involved text messaging; and

   WHEREAS, According to the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute,
texting while driving is six times more likely to result in an
accident than driving while intoxicated; and
   WHEREAS, In a 2011 study by the federal Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, 31.2 percent of United States drivers 18 to
64, inclusive, years of age reported that they had read or sent text
or email messages while driving at least once in the past 30 days;
and
   WHEREAS, Sending or receiving a text takes a driver's eyes from
the road for an average of 4.6 seconds, the equivalent, at 55 miles
per hour, of driving the length of an entire football field, blind;
and
   WHEREAS, In response to a 2013 California Office of Traffic Safety
survey, more than 36 percent of Californians surveyed thought
texting or talking on a cell phone while driving posed the biggest
safety problem on California roadways; and
   WHEREAS, Nearly 70 percent of California drivers surveyed said
they had been hit or nearly hit by a driver who was talking or
texting on a cell phone; and
   WHEREAS, According to the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, text messaging creates a crash risk 23 times worse
than driving while not distracted; and
   WHEREAS, As of December 2013, 153.3 billion text messages were
sent in the United States every month, according to CTIA - The
Wireless Association; and
   WHEREAS, As reported in a 2012 National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration survey, at any given daylight moment across America,
approximately 660,000 drivers are using cell phones or manipulating
electronic devices while driving, a number that has held steady since
2010; and
   WHEREAS, According to a University of Michigan Transportation
Research Institute study, about 25 percent of teenagers respond to a
text message once or more every time they drive, and additionally, 20
percent of teenagers and 10 percent of parents admitted to having an
extended multimessage texting conversation while driving.
Furthermore, the study reported that parents who more frequently
engaged in distracted driving behaviors had teenagers who engaged in
distracted driving behaviors more frequently than other young
drivers; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature proclaims April 27, 2016, as
Don't Text and Drive Day, and calls upon individuals, government
agencies, business leaders, hospitals, schools, and public and
private institutions within the state to promote awareness of the
problem of texting and driving and to support programs and policies
that reduce the incidence of texting while driving in California and
nationwide; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.