[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 369 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 369

       Designating November 25, 2007, as ``Drive Safer Sunday''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 6, 2007

 Mr. Chambliss (for himself, Mr. Isakson, and Mrs. Lincoln) submitted 
      the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
       Designating November 25, 2007, as ``Drive Safer Sunday''.

Whereas motor vehicle travel is the primary means of transportation in the 
        United States;
Whereas everyone traveling on the roads and highways needs to drive 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 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 the busiest highway traffic day of the 
        year: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, 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) all people of the United States to use the 
                Sunday after Thanksgiving as an opportunity to educate 
                themselves about highway safety; and
            (2) designates November 25, 2007, as ``Drive Safer 
        Sunday''.
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