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<br /> <br /> <br />WHEREAS <br />, Tenjoying motorcycling in the neighborhoods of our local communities <br />and roads all across the country; and <br />WHEREAS, <br /> Motorcyclists are roughly unprotected, and much more likely to be injured or killed in a crash <br />than any other vehicle drivers, so please remember the motorcycle is a vehicle with all of the rights, responsibilities, and <br />privileges of any other motor vehicle on the roadway; and <br />WHEREAS, <br /> Nationwide campaigns have helped inform motorcycle riders and motorists alike, on safety issues, to <br />reduce motorcycle related risks, injuries, and most of all fatalities through a comprehensive approach to motorcycle <br />safety; and <br />WHEREAS <br />, It is the responsibility of all drivers who put themselves behind the wheel, to become <br />aware of motorcyclists, regarding them with the same respect as any other vehicle traveling the <br />highways. Therefore, we urge the citizens of the City of La Porte and the surrounding communities to become aware of <br />the inherent dangers involved in operating a motorcycle, and to drive safely giving the motorcycle operator the respect <br />they deserve on the road; and <br />Now Therefore, I, Louis R. Rigby, Mayor <br />of the City of La Porte, along with members of the La Porte City Council do <br />hereby proclaim May 2014 as <br />MOTORCYCLE SAFETY & AWARENESS MONTH <br />th <br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF <br />, I have hereto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City to be affixed hereto, this the 28 day <br />of April, 2014. <br />CITY OF LA PORTE <br /> <br /> <br />_______________________________ <br />Louis R. Rigby, Mayor <br /> <br /> <br />