[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 335 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 335

       Designating November 29, 2009, as ``Drive Safer Sunday''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 4, 2009

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
       Designating November 29, 2009, as ``Drive Safer Sunday''.

Whereas motor vehicle travel is the primary means of transportation in the 
        United States;
Whereas every individual traveling on the roads and highways needs to drive in a 
        safer manner in order to reduce deaths and injuries that result from 
        motor vehicle accidents;
Whereas according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, wearing 
        a seat belt saves more than 15,000 lives each year;
Whereas the Senate 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 focused on safety when 
                driving;
                    (B) national trucking firms to alert their drivers 
                to be especially focused on driving safely on the 
                Sunday after Thanksgiving, and to publicize the 
                importance of the day through use of Citizen's Band 
                (``CB'') radios and 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 safely, particularly 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 29, 2009, as ``Drive Safer 
        Sunday''.
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