[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 238 (Thursday, December 11, 2003)]
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Part IX





The President





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Proclamation 7743--National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, 
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                Proclamation 7743 of December 8, 2003

                
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention 
                Month, 2003

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Last year, more than 17,000 people were killed and 
                258,000 more were injured in alcohol-related crashes. 
                Such accidents cause unnecessary suffering, loss of 
                life, and expense. During National Drunk and Drugged 
                Driving Prevention Month, we continue our efforts to 
                stop impaired driving and improve the safety of our 
                roads during the holiday season and throughout the 
                year.

                We are enhancing both the education of our citizens 
                about the dangers of driving while under the influence 
                and our methods for keeping impaired drivers off the 
                road. My Administration is helping in this fight by 
                supporting the enforcement of traffic programs that 
                teach Americans about the risks of impaired driving. 
                Earlier this year, my Administration proposed to the 
                Congress the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient 
                Transportation Equity Act of 2003 (SAFETEA), which 
                would elevate safe transportation to a national 
                priority and increase State resources for existing 
                enforcement and education efforts. While Federal help 
                and funding are important, State and local involvement 
                is also critical. As part of the Department of 
                Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety 
                Administration's ``You Drink & Drive. You Lose.'' 
                national campaign, from December 19, 2003, through 
                January 4, 2004, more than 10,000 law enforcement 
                agencies will join forces with community, health, 
                government, and business organizations to demonstrate 
                that impaired driving is unacceptable and unlawful.

                 NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim December 2003 as National 
                Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month. I encourage 
                all Americans to join the ``You Drink & Drive. You 
                Lose.'' national campaign to protect our citizens from 
                impaired drivers.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                eighth day of December, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand three, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and twenty-eighth.

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[FR Doc. 03-30846
Filed 12-10-03; 8:45 am]
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