Full Text of HR0623 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Everyone has an important role to play in | 3 | | increasing road safety; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Passenger deaths accounted for 25 percent of all | 5 | | traffic fatalities nationwide in 2019; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Traffic deaths increased 7 percent in 2020 and 18 | 7 | | percent in 2021, according to the National Highway Traffic | 8 | | Safety Administration's (NHTSA) preliminary estimates; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Passenger vehicle occupant deaths rose 5 percent | 10 | | in 2020; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, These historic increases in traffic deaths | 12 | | occurred even though there was a 13 percent decrease in the | 13 | | miles that vehicles traveled; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, NHTSA's data shows that the main behaviors behind | 15 | | these increases were speeding, impaired driving, and failure | 16 | | to wear seat belts; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Whether a driver is impaired by alcohol or drugs, | 18 | | is speeding, is driving too aggressively, is driving | 19 | | distracted, or is unable to stay awake behind the wheel, bad |
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| 1 | | driving choices put passengers at risk of serious injury or | 2 | | death; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Many of those lives might have been saved had a | 4 | | passenger in the car insisted that the driver slow down, stop | 5 | | texting, or not get behind the wheel in the first place; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Passengers, especially teens and young adults, | 7 | | need education and encouragement to empower them to save lives | 8 | | by stopping unsafe driving practices as they happen; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Parents also need education and encouragement to | 10 | | teach their children about the importance of speaking up or | 11 | | not getting in a car with someone who is drunk, drugged, or | 12 | | distracted; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 14 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | we support National Passenger Safety Week, January 23-29, | 16 | | 2022, and we encourage passengers in motor vehicles to educate | 17 | | themselves and advocate for their own safety and the safety of | 18 | | others during this week and throughout the year.
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