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Encourages educational institutions, national trucking firms, clergy, law enforcement, motorists, and the general public to promote motor vehicle driving safety.
Designates November 30, 2014, Drive Safer Sunday.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 583 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 583
Designating November 30, 2014, as ``Drive Safer Sunday''.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 19, 2014
Mr. Isakson submitted the following resolution; which was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary
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RESOLUTION
Designating November 30, 2014, as ``Drive Safer Sunday''.
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 as many as 15,000 lives each year; 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 focus 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 the Citizens Band
Radio Service and at truck stops across the United
States;
(C) clergies to remind their congregations 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;
(E) motorists to drive safely, not just during the
holiday season, but every time they get behind the
wheel; and
(F) all people of the United States to understand
the life-saving importance of wearing a seat belt and
to use the Sunday after Thanksgiving as an opportunity
to educate themselves about highway safety; and
(2) designates November 30, 2014, as ``Drive Safer
Sunday''.
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Introduced in Senate
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6157)
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6220)
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6220)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
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