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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Everyone has an important role to play in
3increasing road safety; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Passenger deaths accounted for 25 percent of all
5traffic fatalities nationwide in 2019; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Traffic deaths increased 7 percent in 2020 and 18
7percent in 2021, according to the National Highway Traffic
8Safety Administration's (NHTSA) preliminary estimates; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Passenger vehicle occupant deaths rose 5 percent
10in 2020; and
 
11    WHEREAS, These historic increases in traffic deaths
12occurred even though there was a 13 percent decrease in the
13miles that vehicles traveled; and
 
14    WHEREAS, NHTSA's data shows that the main behaviors behind
15these increases were speeding, impaired driving, and failure
16to wear seat belts; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Whether a driver is impaired by alcohol or drugs,
18is speeding, is driving too aggressively, is driving
19distracted, or is unable to stay awake behind the wheel, bad

 

 

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2death; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Many of those lives might have been saved had a
4passenger in the car insisted that the driver slow down, stop
5texting, or not get behind the wheel in the first place; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Passengers, especially teens and young adults,
7need education and encouragement to empower them to save lives
8by stopping unsafe driving practices as they happen; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Parents also need education and encouragement to
10teach their children about the importance of speaking up or
11not getting in a car with someone who is drunk, drugged, or
12distracted; therefore, be it
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
14HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
15we support National Passenger Safety Week, January 23-29,
162022, and we encourage passengers in motor vehicles to educate
17themselves and advocate for their own safety and the safety of
18others during this week and throughout the year.