HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION - 71-90 - 11/13/1990 - SUPPORT LEGISLATION RESOLUTION NO. 71-90
A RESOLUTION CONCERNING TRUCK SAFETY AND THE PROHIBITION OF
LONGER COMBINATION VEHICLES IN THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE
WHEREAS, last year in the United States 100,000 people were injured and
4,500 killed in traffic accidents involving trucks; and
WHEREAS, car passengers are 32 times more likely to die in a car-truck
collision than the driver of the rig; and
WHEREAS, 76% of the trucks in truck-related accidents had broken,
substandard or defective parts, and 41% of them were so poorly maintained
they were immediately ordered out of service; and
WHEREAS, longer combination vehicles, such as the "Twin 48" (one truck
carrying two 48 foot trailers) measuring more than one-third the size of a
football field and weighing as much as 134,000 pounds have an accident rate
as much as 2-3 times that of standard trucks; and
WHEREAS, the violent whip-like actions which occurs when trucks rapidly
change lanes is 3 1/2 times stronger in triple trailer trucks; and
WHEREAS, highway traffic safety and the prevention of accidents is of
the utmost concern to all of us using the Illinois Interstate Highway and
Tollway System.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE President and Board of Trustees
of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage, State of
Illinois as follows:
Section 1: That the Village of Elk Grove Village supports efforts
that resist increasing the size and weight of commercial trucks, and urge
the Illinois General Assembly to consider passing legislation that will
prohibit these types of vehicles from the Illinois Interstate Highway and
Tollway systems.
Section 2: That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage and approval according to law.
PASSED this 13th day of November , 1990.
APPROVED this 13th day of Nnvemher , 1990•
Charles J. Zettek
Village President
ATTEST:
Patricia S. Smith
Village Clerk