Bill Text: IL SR0749 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares November 3-10, 2019 as Drowsy Driving Prevention Week in the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-11-12 - Resolution Adopted [SR0749 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0749-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate recognize | ||||||
3 | drowsy driving as a public health threat to the
residents of | ||||||
4 | Illinois; and
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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
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10 | WHEREAS, The National Highway Traffic Safety | ||||||
11 | Administration estimates that at least 100,000 police-reported
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12 | crashes each year are the direct result of driver fatigue; and
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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