BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
NATIONAL CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY WEEK
2009
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
"VHEREAS, children are our most precious resource in North Carolina and between 2006 and
2008, more than I 67,000 children were involved in motor vehicle crashes in our state, of those, 611
children were killed, for children 3 to 6 and 8 to I 4 years old, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause
of death; and
"VHEREAS, North Carolina passed laws requiring the use of child safety seats, booster seats, and
seat belts for children traveling in motor vehicles, these laws have saved the lives of nearly 4,000 North
Carolina children in the last two years, we also know that child safety restraints are most effective when
installed and used correctly, sadly, three out of every four child restraints are not properly used; and
WHEREAS, North Carolina is committed to working closely with our partners, Safe Kids North
Carolina and the Governor's Highway Safety Program to help reduce the number of young lives lost on
our roadways, our goal is to educate parents and caregivers on how to properly install and use child
restraints, during National Child Passenger Safety Week, there will be free child seat inspection stations
set up across the state beginning on September 12, National Seat Check Saturday;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BEVERLY EA YES PERDUE, Governor of the State of North Carolina,
do hereby proclaim September .12-18, 2009, as "NATIONAL CHILD SAFETY "VEEK" and
September I 2, 2009, as "NATIONAL SEAT CHECK SATURDAY", and urge all North Carolinians to
help reduce injuries and the tragic loss of life by buckling up themselves and every child on every trip,
every time.
BEYERL YEA YES PERDUE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of
N01ih Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord two
thousand and nine and the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty­foutih.