To designate the week of December 10, 1989, through December 16, 1989, as "National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week".
PL 101-212 (H.J.Res.429), enacted 12/11/1989

PUBLIC LAW 101-212—DEC. 11, 1989 
103 STAT. 1841 
Public Law 101-212 
101st Congress 
Joint Resolution 
To designate the week of December 10, 1989, through December 16, 1989, as 
Dec. 11, 1989 
"National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week". 
FHJ Res 429] 
Whereas traffic accidents cause more violent deaths in the United 
States than any other cause, approximately 47,000 in 1988; 
Whereas traffic accidents cause thousands of serious injuries in the 
United States each year; 
Whereas 37.5 percent of all drivers fatally injured in 1988 had blood 
alcohol concentrations above the legal limit of .10; 
Whereas the United States Surgeon General has reported that life 
expectancy has risen for every age group over the past 75 years 
except for Americans 15 to 24 years old, whose death rate, the 
leading cause of which is drunk driving, is higher now than it was 
20 years £igo; 
Whereas the total societal cost of drunk driving has been estimated 
at more than $26,000,000,000 per year, which does not include the 
human suffering that can never be measured; 
Whereas there are increasing reports of driving after drug use and 
accidents involving drivers who have used marijuana or other 
illegal drugs; 
Whereas driving after the use of therapeutic drugs, either alone or 
in combination with alcohol, contrary to the advice of physician, 
pharmacist, or manufacturer, may create a safety hazard on the 
roads; 
Whereas more research is needed on the effect of drugs, either alone 
or in combination with alcohol, on driving ability and the in-
cidence of traffic accidents; 
Whereas an increased public awareness of the gravity of the prob-
lem of drugged driving may warn drug users to refrain from 
driving and may stimulate interest in increasing necessary re-
search on the effect of drugs on driving ability and the incidence 
of traffic accidents; 
Whereas the public, particularly through the work of citizens 
groups, is demanding a solution to the problem of drunk and 
drugged driving; 
Whereas the best defense against the drunk or drugged driver is the 
use of safety belts and consistent safety belt usage by all drivers 
and passengers would save as many as 10,000 lives each year; 
Whereas an increase in the public awareness of the problem of 
drunk and drugged driving may contribute to a change in society's 
attitude toward the drunk or drugged driver and help sustain 
current efforts to develop comprehensive solutions at the State 
and local levels; 
Whereas the Christmas and New Year holiday period, with more 
drivers on the roads and an increased number of social functions, 
is a particularly appropriate time to focus national attention on 
this critical problem; 
103 STAT. 1842 
PUBLIC LAW 101-212—DEC. 11, 1989 
Whereas designation of National Drunk and Drugged Driving 
Awareness Week in each of the last 7 years stimulated many 
activities and programs by groups in both the private and public 
sectors aimed at curbing drunk and drugged driving in the high-
risk Christmas and New Year holiday period and thereafter; and 
Whereas the activities and programs during National Drunk and 
Drugged Driving Awareness Week have heightened the awareness 
of the American public to the danger of drunk and drugged 
driving: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the week of Decem-
ber 10, 1989, through December 16, 1989, is designated as "National 
Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week" and the President is 
authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the 
people of the United States to observe the week with appropriate 
activities. 
Approved December 11, 1989. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 429: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 135 (1989): 
Nov. 21, considered and passed House and Senate.