[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 718 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 718

       Designating November 30, 2008, as ``Drive Safer Sunday''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 20, 2008

 Mr. Chambliss (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. Isakson) submitted 
 the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

                            December 9, 2008

             Committee discharged; considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
       Designating November 30, 2008, as ``Drive Safer Sunday''.

Whereas motor vehicle travel is the primary means of transportation in the 
        United States;
Whereas everyone driving on the roads and highways needs to do so 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 has urged all people of the 
        United States to understand the life-saving importance of wearing a seat 
        belt and has encouraged motorists to drive safely, not just during the 
        holiday season, but each 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 drive safely;
                    (B) national trucking firms to alert truck drivers 
                to focus on driving safely on the Sunday after 
                Thanksgiving, and to publicize the importance of the 
                day using Citizen's Band (``CB'') radios and truck 
                stops across the United States;
                    (C) clergy to remind members to travel safely en 
                route to religious services and gatherings;
                    (D) law enforcement personnel to remind drivers and 
                passengers to drive 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 30, 2008, as ``Drive Safer 
        Sunday''.
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