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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 799 

Designating December 2020 as ‘‘National Impaired Driving Prevention 

Month’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 10, 2020 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. CORNYN) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Designating December 2020 as ‘‘National Impaired Driving 

Prevention Month’’. 

Whereas, in 2018, the most recent data available, the United 

States recorded 10,511 deaths from drunk driving, of 

whom 231 were children aged 14 and under; 

Whereas, in 2018, 29 percent of all fatal motor vehicle crashes involved alcohol-impaired driving; 

Whereas, between December 16, 2020, and January 1, 2021, 

the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and 

partnering State and local law enforcement agencies will 

engage in high visibility mobilization to prevent impaired 

driving; 

Whereas, in 2018, 42 percent of all impaired driving cases 

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stance impairment, according to the International Association of Chiefs of Police; 

Whereas, in 2019, nearly 20,000,000 people aged 16 and 

older in the United States drove under the influence of 

alcohol; 

Whereas, in 2019, nearly 13,700,000 people aged 16 and 

older in the United States drove under the influence of 

cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, 

inhalants, methamphetamine, or marijuana, which is an 

8 percent increase compared to 2018; 

Whereas the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found 

that new technologies that prevent alcohol-impaired drivers from operating vehicles can save 9,000 lives per year 

and that driver assistance systems, which help prevent 

human errors on the road, can potentially reduce the 

number of crashes and their severity; 

Whereas, according to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the 

use of ignition interlock devices prevented more than 

3,000,000 attempts of alcohol-impaired driving between 

2006 and 2018; and 

Whereas the National Transportation Safety Board included 

ending alcohol and other drug-impaired driving on its 

Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements for 2019–2020: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) commends the efforts of law enforcement 

3 agencies and officers to enforce impaired driving 

4 laws; 


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1 (2) supports national and State high visibility 

2 enforcement campaigns, such as Drive Sober or Get 

3 Pulled Over; 

4 (3) recognizes the need for greater research on 

5 how drugs affect and, in some cases, impair an indi6 vidual’s ability to operate a motor vehicle; 

7 (4) recognizes that technological solutions have 

8 the potential to save thousands of lives each year; 

9 (5) supports programs to better collect data on 

10 impaired driving, including data on illicit drug use 

11 by drivers; 

12 (6) supports programs to train law enforcement 

13 officials on detecting and stopping impaired driving; 

14 and 

15 (7) designates December 2020 as ‘‘National 

16 Impaired Driving Prevention Month’’. 

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