A resolution designating December 2020 as "National Impaired Driving Prevention Month".

III 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. RES. 799 Designating December 2020 as ‘‘National Impaired Driving Prevention Month’’. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES DECEMBER 10, 2020 Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. CORNYN) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Designating December 2020 as ‘‘National Impaired Driving Prevention Month’’. Whereas, in 2018, the most recent data available, the United States recorded 10,511 deaths from drunk driving, of whom 231 were children aged 14 and under; Whereas, in 2018, 29 percent of all fatal motor vehicle crash- es involved alcohol-impaired driving; Whereas, between December 16, 2020, and January 1, 2021, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and partnering State and local law enforcement agencies will engage in high visibility mobilization to prevent impaired driving; Whereas, in 2018, 42 percent of all impaired driving cases evaluated by drug recognition experts found multi-sub- VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:11 Dec 11, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR799.ATS SR799 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •SRES 799 ATS stance impairment, according to the International Asso- ciation of Chiefs of Police; Whereas, in 2019, nearly 20,000,000 people aged 16 and older in the United States drove under the influence of alcohol; Whereas, in 2019, nearly 13,700,000 people aged 16 and older in the United States drove under the influence of cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, methamphetamine, or marijuana, which is an 8 percent increase compared to 2018; Whereas the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that new technologies that prevent alcohol-impaired driv- ers from operating vehicles can save 9,000 lives per year and that driver assistance systems, which help prevent human errors on the road, can potentially reduce the number of crashes and their severity; Whereas, according to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the use of ignition interlock devices prevented more than 3,000,000 attempts of alcohol-impaired driving between 2006 and 2018; and Whereas the National Transportation Safety Board included ending alcohol and other drug-impaired driving on its Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improve- ments for 2019–2020: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate— 1 (1) commends the efforts of law enforcement 2 agencies and officers to enforce impaired driving 3 laws; 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:11 Dec 11, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR799.ATS SR799 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •SRES 799 ATS (2) supports national and State high visibility 1 enforcement campaigns, such as Drive Sober or Get 2 Pulled Over; 3 (3) recognizes the need for greater research on 4 how drugs affect and, in some cases, impair an indi- 5 vidual’s ability to operate a motor vehicle; 6 (4) recognizes that technological solutions have 7 the potential to save thousands of lives each year; 8 (5) supports programs to better collect data on 9 impaired driving, including data on illicit drug use 10 by drivers; 11 (6) supports programs to train law enforcement 12 officials on detecting and stopping impaired driving; 13 and 14 (7) designates December 2020 as ‘‘National 15 Impaired Driving Prevention Month’’. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:11 Dec 11, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\SR799.ATS SR799 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS