Full Text of HR0373 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Car accidents are the leading cause of death of 16 | 3 | | to 19-year olds; crashes on the road kill more teens than | 4 | | cancer, homicide, and suicide combined; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, In the United States, teen driver and peer | 6 | | passenger deaths account for one quarter of total teen deaths | 7 | | every year; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Distracted or impaired teen drivers are not only a | 9 | | danger to themselves, but more than half a million people are | 10 | | involved in crashes every year where a teen driver was behind | 11 | | the wheel; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, According to a study completed in 2011 by the | 13 | | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and State Farm Insurance, | 14 | | nearly one in five teen drivers involved in fatal crashes were | 15 | | reported to have been distracted while driving; these figures | 16 | | do not account for those accidents that are not reported; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Focusing attention on removing distractions and | 18 | | preventing behaviors that are known to raise crash risk, such | 19 | | as speeding, alcohol use, failure to wear a seat belt, | 20 | | distractions from peer passengers, and texting while driving, | 21 | | can lead to successfully and significantly lowered crash risks |
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| 1 | | for teen drivers; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Mt. Pulaski High School in Mt. Pulaski, Illinois, | 3 | | will hold a student assembly on May 23, 2011 to educate high | 4 | | school students about the dangers of distracted driving and | 5 | | encourage them to practice safe driving habits; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Mt. Pulaski High School will welcome State Farm | 7 | | Agent Deron Powell and Miss Illinois 2010, Whitney | 8 | | Thorpe-Klinsky, to the high school as part of the presentation | 9 | | on safe teen driving; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we designate the date of May 23, 2011 as "Mt. Pulaski High | 13 | | School Teens Drive Safe Day" in the State of Illinois as a | 14 | | reminder to all drivers, especially our youth, that they should | 15 | | avoid distractions while driving and arrive at their | 16 | | destinations alive and well; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to Mt. Pulaski High School as a symbol of our esteem | 19 | | and respect.
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