III 109th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 615 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 16, 2006 Mr. Chambliss (for himself and Mr. Isakson) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Designating November 26, 2006, as Drive Safer Sunday.

Whereas motor vehicle travel is the primary means of transportation in the United States; Whereas everyone on the roads and highways needs to drive more safely to reduce deaths and injuries resulting from motor vehicle accidents; Whereas the death of almost 43,000 people a year in more than 6 million highway crashes in the United States has been called an epidemic by Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta; Whereas according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, wearing a seat belt saved 15,434 lives in 2004 and 15,632 lives in 2005; and Whereas the Sunday after Thanksgiving is the busiest highway traffic day of the year: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1)encourages— (A)high schools, colleges, universities, administrators, teachers, primary schools, and secondary schools to launch campus-wide educational campaigns to urge students to be careful about safety when driving; (B)national trucking firms to alert their drivers to be especially focused on driving safely during the heaviest traffic day of the year, and to publicize the importance of the day using Citizen's band (CB) radios and in truck stops across the Nation; (C)clergy to remind their members to travel safely when attending services and gatherings; (D)law enforcement personnel to remind drivers and passengers to drive particularly safely on the Sunday after Thanksgiving; and (E)everyone to use the Sunday after Thanksgiving as an opportunity to educate themselves about highway safety; and (2)designates November 26, 2006, as Drive Safer Sunday.