[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 894 Reference Change Senate (RCS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 894

        Designating December 1, 2024, as ``Drive Safer Sunday''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 14, 2024

   Mr. Warnock (for himself and Mrs. Capito) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
                           and Transportation

            November 21 (legislative day, November 20), 2024

    Committee discharged; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
        Designating December 1, 2024, 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 needs to drive in a 
        safer manner in order 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 more than 15,000 lives each year;
Whereas Road Safe America, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization founded after 
        the tragic death of Cullum Owings on December 1, 2002, in a preventable 
        truck accident, has been committed to raising awareness about the 
        importance of driving safely;
Whereas the Senate wants all people of the United States to understand the life-
        saving importance of wearing a seat belt and encourages motorists to 
        drive safely, not just during the holiday season, but every time they 
        get behind the wheel; and
Whereas the Sunday after Thanksgiving is 1 of the busiest highway traffic days 
        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 the day 
                        through use of Citizens Band (commonly known as 
                        ``CB'') radios and truck stops across the 
                        United States;
                    (C) clergies to remind their members 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; and
                    (E) all people of the United States to use the 
                Sunday after Thanksgiving as an opportunity to educate 
                themselves about highway safety; and
            (2) designates December 1, 2024, as ``Drive Safer Sunday''.
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