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andSR36:v98#DOCUMENTBill WHEREAS,Start MotorcyclesEnrolled occupy May 23, 2017 aPassed significant IN  placeSenate in May 22, 2017 ColoradoCALIFORNIA andLEGISLATURE— American2017–2018 history,REGULAR havingSESSION madeSenate contributionsResolution toNo. numerous military campaigns,lawenforcementoperations,and the culture of theAmerican West;

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andWHEREAS, Through the Department of the California Highway Patrol’s California Motorcyclist Safety Program, the state trained over 57,000 riders in 2016, and WHEREAS,1,100,000 Motorcyclessince takethe uplessspacestart onof ourthe highwaysprogram, along with the assistance of the California Office of Traffic Safety, through education, and parkingthe areasDepartment thusof reducingTransportation’s trafficmessage congestion;boards.

andThese WHEREAS,efforts Motorcyclistsled areto providedan legal11.5 accesspercent todecrease federallyin fundedmotorcycle Highfatalities, Occupancywhile Vehicleat lanesthe tosame increasetime, total traffic flowfatalities whilein givingCalifornia motorcyclistsincreased aby safer4 environmentpercent, forand travel;nationwide motorcycle fatalities increased by an average of 10 percent.

andCalifornia WHEREAS,Ridersandpassengersofmotorcyclesfacecountlessleads hazardsthe way in training and unforeseensafety circumstancesfor onmotorcyclists theand road;we are saving lives;

andWHEREAS, It is important that drivers of all vehicles be aware of one another and WHEREAS,162motorcyclistswerekilledonColoradoroadwayslearn lastto year;share the road and practice courtesy;

and WHEREAS,Stateandnational"SharetheRoad"campaignshaveWHEREAS, beenThe createdAmerican toBrotherhood remindAimed driversTowards Education - ABATE of otherCalifornia, vehiclesAmerican Motorcyclist Association, Bay Area Riders Forum, Modified Motorcycle Association, and allthe motoristsCalifornia toMotorcycle beDealers extraAssociation alertare inorganizations orderthat toactively increasepromote motorcyclists'the safety;safe operation of motorcycles, advocate for more rider training courses through California Highway Patrol provider Total Control Training, and advocate increasing motorist recognition of motorcycles;

now, therefore, be itResolved by the Senate of the State of California, That the Senate hereby designates the month of May 2017 as Motorcycle Awareness Month in California, and WHEREAS,acknowledges Studiesthe showneed thatfor awareness on the part of all drivers, especially with regard to sharing the road with motorcycles, honors motorcyclists’ many motorcyclistscontributions involvedto inthe accidentscommunities werein withoutwhich formalthey riderlive training;and ride;

and WHEREAS,Manycausesofmotorcyclecrashesmaybeattributedbe toit lackfurtherResolved, ofThat experience or failure to appreciate the uniqueSecretary operating characteristics and limitations of motorcycles,the asSenate welltransmit ascopies the failure of otherthis motoristsresolution to share the roadauthor withfor motorcyclists;appropriate distribution.

and WHEREAS, The motorcycling community has made an ongoing commitment to increasing awareness of appropriate safetymeasures and increased participation in rider-training programs;

and WHEREAS,Manyrider-trainingprogramsareofferedthroughout Colorado, both for beginner and experienced riders to prepare them to operate a motorcycle in the safest possible manner;

and WHEREAS,Ridereducation,training,andmotorcycleawareness are important steps in motorcycle accident prevention;

now, therefore, BeItResolvedbytheHouseofRepresentativesoftheSeventy-fifth -2- 1022 GeneralAssemblyoftheStateofColorado,theSenateconcurringherein:

That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly, recognize and designate May 2025 as "Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month"topromotesafetyforallmotorcycleridersthrougheducationand training and to encourage all motorists to "share the road" in Colorado.

BeItFurtherResolved,ThatcopiesofthisJointResolutionbesent to ABATE of Colorado.

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