[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 230 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 230

   Designating the month of July 2007 as ``National Teen Safe Driver 
                                Month''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 11, 2007

 Mr. Isakson submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Designating the month of July 2007 as ``National Teen Safe Driver 
                                Month''.

Whereas automobile accidents involving teenage drivers result in the highest 
        cause of death and injury for adolescents between the ages of 15 and 20 
        years;
Whereas, each year, 7,460 teenage drivers between the ages of 15 and 20 years 
        are involved in fatal crashes, and 1,700,000 teenage drivers are 
        involved in accidents that are reported to law enforcement officers;
Whereas driver education and training resources have diminished in communities 
        throughout the United States, leaving families underserved and lacking 
        in opportunities for educating the teenage drivers of those families;
Whereas, in addition to costs relating to the long-term care of teenage drivers 
        severely injured in automobile accidents, automobile accidents involving 
        teenage drivers cost the United States more than $40,000,000,000 in lost 
        productivity and other forms of economic loss;
Whereas technology advances have increased the opportunity of the United States 
        to provide more effective training and research to novice teenage 
        drivers; and
Whereas the families of victims of accidents involving teenage drivers are 
        working together to save the lives of other teenage drivers through 
        volunteer efforts in local communities: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates the month of July 2007 as ``National Teen 
        Safe Driver Month''; and
            (2) calls upon the members of Federal, State, and local 
        governments and interested organizations--
                    (A) to commemorate National Teen Safe Driver Month 
                with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs; 
                and
                    (B) to encourage the development of resources to 
                provide affordable, accessible, and effective driver 
                training for every teenage driver of the United States.
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