III 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 369 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 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

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.