A resolution designating November 27, 2016, as "Drive Safer Sunday".

Bill: 114-sres-617
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2016-11-17
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays

Motor carriers

Motor vehicles

Roads and highways

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6495; text as passed Senate: CR S6489)

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-11-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Designates November 27, 2016, Drive Safer Sunday. </p>

action_date: 2016-11-17
action_desc: Passed Senate without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</p> <p>Designates November 27, 2016, as Drive Safer Sunday.</p> <p>Encourages:</p> <ul> <li>schools, universities, administrators, and teachers to launch campaigns to urge students to focus on safety when driving;</li> <li>national trucking firms to alert their drivers to be especially focused on driving safely on the Sunday after Thanksgiving;</li> <li>clergies to remind their congregations to travel safely when attending services and gatherings;</li> <li>law enforcement personnel to remind drivers and passengers to drive safely, particularly on the Sunday after Thanksgiving;</li> <li>motorists to always drive safely; and</li> <li>people to understand the importance of wearing a seat belt and to use the Sunday after Thanksgiving as an opportunity to educate themselves about highway safety.</li></ul>

tv_txt: III 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 617 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 17, 2016 Mr. Isakson (for himself, Mr. Coons , and Mr. Perdue ) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Designating November 27, 2016, 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

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 27, 2016, as Drive Safer Sunday .