[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 171 (Tuesday, November 6, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S14024]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        DESIGNATING NOVEMBER 25, 2007, AS ``DRIVE SAFER SUNDAY''

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now 
proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 369, which was submitted 
earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 369) designating November 25, 2007, 
     as ``Drive Safer Sunday.''

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider 
be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 369) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 369

       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
       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 
     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''.

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