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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 894
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 14, 2024
Mr. Warnock (for himself and Mrs. Capito) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
November 21 (legislative day, November 20), 2024
Committee discharged; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
RESOLUTION
Designating December 1, 2024, as Drive Safer Sunday
.
Whereas motor vehicle travel is the primary means of transportation in the United States;
Whereas every individual traveling on roads and highways needs to drive in a safer manner in order to reduce deaths and injuries that result from motor vehicle crashes;
Whereas, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, wearing a seat belt saves more than 15,000 lives each year;
Whereas Road Safe America, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization founded after the tragic death of Cullum Owings on December 1, 2002, in a preventable truck accident, has been committed to raising awareness about the importance of driving safely;
Whereas the Senate wants all people of the United States to understand the life-saving importance of wearing a seat belt and encourages motorists to drive safely, not just during the holiday season, but every time they get behind the wheel; and
Whereas the Sunday after Thanksgiving is 1 of the busiest highway traffic days 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 focus on safety when driving;
national trucking firms—
to alert employee drivers to be especially focused on driving safely on the Sunday after Thanksgiving; and
to publicize the importance of the day through use of Citizens Band (commonly known as CB
) radios and truck stops across the United States;
clergies to remind their members to travel safely when attending services and gatherings;
law enforcement personnel to remind drivers and passengers to drive safely, particularly 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 December 1, 2024, as Drive Safer Sunday
.