[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 337 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 337

       Designating November 26, 2017, as ``Drive Safer Sunday''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 16, 2017

  Mr. Isakson (for himself, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Perdue) submitted the 
        following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
       Designating November 26, 2017, as ``Drive Safer Sunday''.

Whereas motor vehicle travel is the primary means of transportation in the 
        United States;
Whereas every individual traveling on roads and highways should drive in a safe 
        manner so as 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 as many as 15,000 lives each year; 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 focus on safety when 
                driving;
                    (B) national trucking firms--
                            (i) to alert employee drivers to be 
                        especially focused on driving safely on the 
                        Sunday after Thanksgiving; and
                            (ii) to publicize the importance of driving 
                        safely on the Sunday after Thanksgiving on the 
                        Citizens Band Radio Service and at truck stops 
                        across the United States;
                    (C) clergies to remind congregations 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;
                    (E) motorists to drive safely during the holiday 
                season and throughout the rest of the year; and
                    (F) the people of the United States--
                            (i) to understand the life-saving 
                        importance of wearing a seat belt; and
                            (ii) to educate themselves about highway 
                        safety; and
            (2) designates November 26, 2017, as ``Drive Safer 
        Sunday''.
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