Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month City of CCermont
Proclamation
WHEREAS, Central Florida's climate and scenery make motorcycle riding an attraction in
Florida, and riders consider our roadways to be some of the best riding; and
14T3CERE.2LS, motorcycles are increasingly used as a regular means of transportation; and
1'V3CERE. 4S, the motorcycle is an energy - efficient vehicle that reduces fuel consumption, traffic
and parking congestion; and
1N.- -?ERE. %S, to prevent injuries and deaths on Central Florida's roadways, motorcyclists and
motorists must be vigilant in their efforts to share the road and ensure the safety of everyone; and
WHEREAS, the International Women's Motorcycle Club, Leather & Lace MC, is committed to
increasing the safe operation of motorcycles by promoting rider safety education programs; their goal is
to alert the motorists of the City of Clermont to "Share the Road "; and
WHEREAS, Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month is designed to increase public awareness
about motorcycles and to encourage their safe and proper use among motorcycle riders
NOW, 73- EREJ'ORE, I, Harold S. Turville, Jr., Mayor of the City of Clermont, Florida, in
recognition of over 500,000 registered motorcyclists statewide, and in recognition of the continued role
of Leather & Lace MC as a promoter of motorcycle safety, education, and awareness, to hereby proclaim
the month of May 2012 as
.7 o ToRCyCLE SAFETY .7114 :MONTH
and ask all citizens to join in a concerted effort to promote awareness, mutual respect, and safety on our
roads.
LN 1vIT:MESS 1vHEREOf I, Harold S. Turville, Jr., Mayor of the City of Clermont,
have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Clermont to be affixed this 22nd day
of May, two thousand and twelve.
Harold S. Turville, Jr., Mayor
— ATTEST.
Tracy A aryd, MMC
City Clerk c
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