[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 177 (Thursday, November 20, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S10754]
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SENATE RESOLUTION 718--DESIGNATING NOVEMBER 30, 2008, AS ``DRIVE SAFER 
                                SUNDAY''

  Ms. CHAMBLISS (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. Isakson) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Comittee on the 
Judiciary:

                              S. Res. 718

       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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