Full Text of HR0480 96th General Assembly
HR0480 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Many pedestrians in the State of Illinois and | 3 |
| throughout the nation have reported being struck or nearly | 4 |
| struck by vehicles they did not hear in time to take evasive | 5 |
| action; and
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| WHEREAS, A possible source of these reports is the | 7 |
| increasing prevalence of electric-powered or "hybrid" | 8 |
| vehicles, which make much less noise than their combustion | 9 |
| engine-only counterparts; and
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| WHEREAS, The Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act, H.R. 734, | 11 |
| legislation recently introduced in the United States House of | 12 |
| Representatives, would direct the United States Secretary of | 13 |
| Transportation to conduct research into an appropriate sound | 14 |
| standard for quiet vehicles, develop the standard, and begin | 15 |
| implementation of the standard within two years; and
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| WHEREAS, The standards that would be developed under this | 17 |
| legislation will enhance the safety and independence of blind | 18 |
| pedestrians, who must rely on the sounds produced by vehicles | 19 |
| to assess their location, speed, and direction of travel in | 20 |
| order to avoid being inadvertently struck by them; such | 21 |
| standards would also benefit senior citizens, children, and | 22 |
| many others who can benefit from multiple-sensory input to |
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| avoid such dangers; and
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| WHEREAS, Such standards would not cause new vehicles to be | 3 |
| more expensive or noisy than most currently-operating vehicles | 4 |
| and will only serve to combat this rapidly growing threat; and
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| WHEREAS, The creation of uniform sound standards for | 6 |
| vehicles is of great importance to the welfare of the citizens | 7 |
| of this State and the nation at large; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 10 |
| express our support for the passage of "The Pedestrian Safety | 11 |
| Enhancement Act", H.R. 734, in order to create vehicle sound | 12 |
| standards that will help the nation's blind, elderly, and young | 13 |
| to anticipate and react to these dangers; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the Speaker and Minority Leader of the United | 16 |
| States House of Representatives, the Majority and Minority | 17 |
| Leaders of the United States Senate, and each member of the | 18 |
| Illinois congressional delegation.
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