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110th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 718
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 20, 2008
Mr. Chambliss (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. Isakson) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
December 9, 2008
Committee discharged; considered and agreed to
RESOLUTION
Designating November 30, 2008, as
Drive Safer Sunday
.
Whereas motor vehicle travel is the primary means of transportation in the United States;
Whereas everyone driving on the roads and highways needs to do so more safely to reduce deaths and injuries resulting from motor vehicle accidents;
Whereas, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, wearing a seat belt saved 15,434 lives in 2004, 15,632 lives in 2005, and 15,383 lives in 2006;
Whereas Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters has urged all people of the United States to understand the life-saving importance of wearing a seat belt and has encouraged motorists to drive safely, not just during the holiday season, but each time they get behind the wheel; and
Whereas the Sunday after Thanksgiving is the busiest highway traffic day of the year: Now, therefore, be it
That the Senate—
encourages—
high schools, colleges, universities, administrators, teachers, primary schools, and secondary schools to launch campus-wide educational campaigns to urge students to drive safely;
national trucking
firms to alert truck drivers to focus on driving safely on the Sunday after
Thanksgiving, and to publicize the importance of the day using Citizen’s Band
(CB
) radios and truck stops across the United States;
clergy to remind members to travel safely en route to religious services and gatherings;
law enforcement personnel to remind drivers and passengers to drive safely on the Sunday after Thanksgiving; and
all people of the United States to use the Sunday after Thanksgiving as an opportunity to educate themselves about highway safety; and
designates
November 30, 2008, as Drive Safer Sunday
.