Full Text of SR0749 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate recognize | 3 | | drowsy driving as a public health threat to the
residents of | 4 | | Illinois; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death of | 6 | | young people in the U.S., taking the lives of
at least 5,600 | 7 | | teens each year, and sleep-related crashes are most common in | 8 | | young people, who tend to
stay up late, sleep too little, and | 9 | | drive at night; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The National Highway Traffic Safety | 11 | | Administration estimates that at least 100,000 police-reported
| 12 | | crashes each year are the direct result of driver fatigue; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Signs of drowsy driving include frequent yawning | 14 | | or being unable to keep your eyes open,
daydreaming or having | 15 | | wandering and disconnected thoughts, not remembering driving, | 16 | | ending up too close
to cars in front of you, catching yourself | 17 | | nodding off and having trouble keeping your head up, missing
| 18 | | road signs or driving past your turn or exit, and driving into | 19 | | another lane of traffic or onto the rumble strip or
shoulder of | 20 | | the road; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Just like drugs or alcohol, sleep loss or fatigue |
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| 1 | | impairs driving skills such as hand-eye
coordination, reaction | 2 | | time, vision, awareness of surroundings, decision making, | 3 | | judgment, and
inhibition, which can be fatal when driving; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, According to the National Sleep Foundation's | 5 | | Sleep in America poll, 60% of Americans
have driven while | 6 | | feeling sleepy, and 37% admit to actually having fallen asleep | 7 | | at the wheel in the past
year; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Countermeasures to prevent a fall-asleep crash | 9 | | while driving include driver awareness of
warning signs of | 10 | | drowsy driving, driver decision to stop driving when warning | 11 | | signs of fatigue arise and
find a safe place to take a 15-20 | 12 | | minute nap and consume caffeine, driver decision to limit | 13 | | traveling long
distances alone, and driver decision to let a | 14 | | passenger take over the driving; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Public awareness and education campaigns on | 16 | | drowsy driving and ways to avoid drowsy
driving will reduce | 17 | | preventable deaths in Illinois; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare November | 20 | | 3-10, 2019 as Drowsy Driving Prevention Week in the
State of | 21 | | Illinois; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That all residents of Illinois are encouraged to | 2 | | become familiar with the signs of drowsy
driving and take steps | 3 | | to avoid drowsy driving; and be it further | 4 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Secretary of State's office and | 5 | | the Illinois Department of Transportation
are encouraged to | 6 | | promote safety on Illinois roads by publicizing resources by | 7 | | the National Sleep Foundation during
Drowsy Driving Prevention | 8 | | Week 2019 on its website and other electronic platforms widely | 9 | | accessible to
Illinois residents.
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