Minnesota Session Laws - 1984, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1984 

                       RESOLUTION 13-H.F.No. 2180 
 A resolution memorializing the President and Secretary 
of Transportation of the United States, the National 
Transportation Safety Board, and the Minnesota 
Congressional delegation to implement a program for 
the reflectorization of railroad rolling stock. 
    WHEREAS, railroad grade crossing accidents are a serious 
highway safety problem; and 
    WHEREAS, there were 164 such accidents in Minnesota in 
1982; and 
    WHEREAS, 222 persons lost their lives in grade crossing 
accidents from 1973 to 1982; and 
    WHEREAS, improved nighttime visibility of railroad cars 
would significantly enhance grade crossing safety; and 
    WHEREAS, the National Transportation Safety Board has 
estimated that adding reflectorized markings on railroad cars 
could reduce fatalities nationally in nighttime grade crossing 
accidents by over one-third; and 
    WHEREAS, a scientific study of a proposed railroad car 
reflectorization program has shown that the benefits of such a 
program in accident-loss reduction would substantially outweigh 
the costs; and 
    WHEREAS, only the federal government has the authority to 
make such a program a reality; NOW, THEREFORE, 
    BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota 
that an effective national program for the reflectorization of 
all railroad rolling stock be implemented at the earliest 
feasible time. 
    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the 
State of Minnesota is directed to forward certified copies of 
this resolution to the President and Secretary of Transportation 
of the United States, the chairman of the National 
Transportation Safety Board, and Minnesota's Senators and 
Representatives in Congress. 
    Approved April 25, 1984