All right, we're all ready to go. Good morning, everybody. I'm Dale Bonner, Secretary of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency for the state of California.
Before we get on to the events of the morning I wanted to just say a special note of thanks to some of the people who've taken some time out to be here with us this morning. In addition to the two authors of the legislation, Assemblymember Michael Feuer from Los Angeles and Senator Bob Huff from Diamond Bar, we also have with us Mary Klotzbach from MADD. I see Sheriff McGinness is with us here from Sacramento County. And part of my Traffic Safety Team; we have Commissioner Joe Farrow from the Highway Patrol, George Valverde from the Department of Motor Vehicles and Chris Murphy from the Office of Traffic Safety. And they have been working very hard with all of the allied agencies all around the state to bring down the traffic collisions all across the state of California and to increase road safety.
And I try to remind everybody that by improving safety on the highways we're not only saving lives but we're improving the quality of life, because it's good not only for human beings and families but also for our state economy. And so the legislation we're signing today is particularly important because we can't control the weather but we can do more and more to control human behaviors that result in unnecessary collisions and that's what we are taking a significant step towards this morning.
So without further ado, let me introduce to you the man who is going to sign the legislation that's so important, that has brought us here this morning, my boss, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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