Bill Text: TX HR216 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the Teens in the Driver Seat program.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-17 - Reported enrolled [HR216 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR216-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 216 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Teens in the Driver Seat program of the Texas | ||
| Transportation Institute has helped significantly to raise | ||
| awareness and save lives in the State of Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death | ||
| for young people, with some 5,000 teenagers nationwide and nearly | ||
| 500 in Texas lost annually; in addition, for every teenager killed | ||
| in an automobile accident, 50 more are seriously injured, making | ||
| teen-driver crashes one of the most urgent safety and public health | ||
| crises now facing our state and nation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Experts believe that to change this situation | ||
| substantially, it is essential that young people themselves play a | ||
| more active and productive role in improving roadway safety; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A growing number of Texas teenagers have dedicated | ||
| themselves to this important safety mission through their | ||
| involvement in the Teens in the Driver Seat program, created by the | ||
| Texas Transportation Institute and sponsored by the Texas | ||
| Department of Transportation and State Farm Insurance; Teens in the | ||
| Driver Seat has now been introduced in more than 400 Texas schools; | ||
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| WHEREAS, Since the inception of this program, the number of | ||
| teens killed in crashes involving teen drivers in Texas has dropped | ||
| 32 percent, a decline that is more than twice the national average; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, Teens in the Driver Seat has vividly demonstrated | ||
| its effectiveness and lifesaving potential, and its many leaders | ||
| and participants are making a vital contribution to their schools, | ||
| their communities, and the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby recognize the Teens in the Driver Seat program | ||
| for its effectiveness in reducing the number of teenage-driver | ||
| automobile accidents and extend to all those associated with the | ||
| program sincere best wishes for continued success with their | ||
| crucial endeavors. | ||
| Kolkhorst | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 216 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 10, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
