Title: A resolution designating December 1, 2019, as "Drive Safer Sunday".
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
This resolution designates December 1, 2019, as Drive Safer Sunday.
The resolution also encourages various entities and individuals to focus on safety while driving.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 439 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 439

        Designating December 1, 2019, as ``Drive Safer Sunday''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 21, 2019

    Mr. Isakson (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Burr, Mrs. Capito, Mr. 
  Boozman, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Carper, and Mr. 
  Wyden) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and 
                               agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
        Designating December 1, 2019, as ``Drive Safer Sunday''.

Whereas motor vehicle travel is the primary means of transportation in the 
        United States;
Whereas every individual traveling on roads and highways should drive in a safe 
        manner so as to reduce deaths and injuries that result from motor 
        vehicle crashes;
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--
                            (i) to alert employee drivers to be 
                        especially focused on driving safely on the 
                        Sunday after Thanksgiving; and
                            (ii) to publicize the importance of driving 
                        safely on the Sunday after Thanksgiving on the 
                        Citizens Band Radio Service and at truck stops 
                        across the United States;
                    (C) clergies to remind 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 during the holiday 
                season and throughout the rest of the year; and
                    (F) the people of the United States--
                            (i) to understand the life-saving 
                        importance of wearing a seat belt; and
                            (ii) to educate themselves about highway 
                        safety; and
            (2) designates December 1, 2019, as ``Drive Safer Sunday''.
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