2007-2008 Bill 1197: Precious Cargo Month - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 117th Session, 2007-2008 3 4 S. 1197 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senator Martin 10 Document Path: l:\s-res\lam\047yout.dag.doc 11 12 Introduced in the Senate on March 12, 2008 13 Introduced in the House on March 13, 2008 14 Adopted by the General Assembly on March 13, 2008 15 16 Summary: Precious Cargo Month 17 18 19 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 20 21 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 22 3/12/2008 Senate Introduced, adopted, sent to House SJ-3 23 3/13/2008 House Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence HJ-13 24 25 26 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 27 28 3/12/2008 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO PROCLAIM MAY AS “PRECIOUS CARGO” MONTH, 12 ENCOURAGING SOUTH CAROLINA TEENS TO BUCKLE 13 UP AND SLOW DOWN. 14 15 Whereas, the National Organization for Youth Safety, a non-profit 16 coalition of youth led and youth serving national organizations, has 17 proclaimed May as National Youth Traffic Safety Month; and 18 19 Whereas, according to various government groups and statistics, 20 including the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration- 21 National Center for Health Statistics, the Center for Disease 22 Control, and the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, motor 23 vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers; and 24 25 Whereas, in 2006, over twelve percent of all drivers involved in 26 fatal crashes were young drivers ages sixteen to nineteen years old, 27 and sixteen percent of all drivers involved in police-reported 28 crashes were young drivers; and 29 30 Whereas, teens are more likely than older drivers to speed, and 31 compared with other age groups, teens have the lowest rate of 32 safety belt use; and 33 34 Whereas, as a potential strategy to increase safety belt use among 35 teens, education on the current safety belt laws and the 36 consequences for safety belt violations is vital; and 37 38 Whereas, South Carolina currently has the eighth highest overall 39 highway fatality rate in the nation; and 40 41 Whereas, promoting teen driving safety by reminding teens they 42 are “precious cargo” and encouraging them to buckle up and slow

1 [1197] 1 1 down can have a positive effect on the youth drivers of South 2 Carolina. Now, therefore, 3 4 Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives 5 concurring: 6 7 That the South Carolina General Assembly proclaim May as 8 “Precious Cargo” Month, encouraging South Carolina teens to 9 buckle up and slow down. 10 11 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 12 Melle Morgan, Miss Tri-County Teen, 2008. 13 ----XX---- 14

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