Bill Text: IL HR0378 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes and applauds the students, faculty, and administration of Mt. Pulaski High School for devoting time and resources to encouraging students to drive safely and avoid distractions while driving.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-19 - Resolution Adopted [HR0378 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0378-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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 lowering crash risks | ||||||
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| 1 | for teen drivers; and
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| 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
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| 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
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 11 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 12 | we recognize and applaud the students, faculty, and | ||||||
| 13 | administration of Mt. Pulaski High School for devoting time and | ||||||
| 14 | resources to encouraging students to drive safely and avoid | ||||||
| 15 | distractions while driving so that they arrive at their | ||||||
| 16 | destinations alive and well; and be it further
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| 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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