[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 16430-16431]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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SENATE RESOLUTION 308--DESIGNATING NOVEMBER 27, 2011, AS ``DRIVE SAFER 
                                SUNDAY''

  Mr. ISAKSON (for himself, Mr. Pryor, and Mr. Chambliss) submitted the 
following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 308

       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 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

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     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;
       (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 27, 2011, as ``Drive Safer 
     Sunday''.

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