[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 56 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
2d Session
H. CON. RES. 56
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 23 (legislative day, June 22), 2004
Received and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that States should require
candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise
greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of a
potentially visually impaired individual.
Whereas many people in the United States who are blind or otherwise visually
impaired have the ability to travel throughout their communities without
assistance;
Whereas visually impaired individuals encounter hazards that a pedestrian with
average vision could easily avoid, many of which involve crossing
streets and roadways;
Whereas the white cane and guide dog should be generally recognized as aids to
mobility for visually impaired individuals;
Whereas many States do not require candidates for driver's licenses to associate
the use of the white cane or guide dog with potentially visually
impaired individuals; and
Whereas visually impaired individuals have had their white canes and guide dogs
run over by motor vehicles, have been struck by the side-view mirrors of
motor vehicles, and have suffered serious personal injury and death as
the result of being hit by motor vehicles: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
That it is the sense of the Congress that each State should require any
candidate for a driver's license in such State to demonstrate, as a
condition of obtaining a driver's license, an ability to associate the
use of the white cane and guide dog with visually impaired individuals
and to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in proximity to
a potentially visually impaired individual.
Passed the House of Representatives June 22, 2004.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.