[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 278 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 278

        Designating October 2013 as ``School Bus Safety Month''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 30, 2013

  Mr. Thune (for himself and Mr. Rockefeller) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
        Designating October 2013 as ``School Bus Safety Month''.

Whereas approximately 450,000 public and private school buses carry 26,000,000 
        children to and from school every weekday in the United States;
Whereas America's 450,000 public and private school buses comprise the largest 
        mass transportation fleet in the Nation;
Whereas during the school year, school buses make more than 55,000,000 passenger 
        trips daily and students ride these school buses 10,000,000,000 times 
        per year as the Nation's fleet travels over 4,000,000,000 miles per 
        school year;
Whereas school buses are designed to be safer than passenger vehicles and are 13 
        times safer than other modes of school transportation, and 44 times 
        safer than vehicles driven by teenagers;
Whereas in an average year, about 25 school children are killed in school bus 
        accidents, with one-third of these children struck by their own school 
        buses in loading/unloading zones, one-third struck by motorists who fail 
        to stop for school buses, and one-third killed as they approach or 
        depart a school bus stop;
Whereas The Child Safety Network, celebrating 25 years of national public 
        service, has collaborated with the school bus industry to create public 
        service announcements to reduce distracted driving near school buses, 
        increase ridership, and provide free resources to school districts in 
        order to increase driver safety training, provide free technology for 
        tracking school buses, and educate students; and
Whereas the adoption of School Bus Safety Month will allow broadcast and digital 
        media and social networking industries to make commitments to 
        disseminate public service announcements designed to save children's 
        lives by making motorists aware of school bus safety issues: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate designates October 2013 as ``School Bus 
Safety Month''.
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