[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 169 (Monday, November 16, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11376-S11377]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           DRIVE SAFER SUNDAY

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further consideration and the Senate now 
proceed to S. Res. 335.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 335) designating November 29, 2009, 
     as ``Drive Safer Sunday.''

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to 
reconsider be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 335) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 335

       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;

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       (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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