Florida Senate - 2009                            (NP)    SR 2776
       
       
       
       By Senator Lawson
       
       
       
       
       6-04176A-09                                           20092776__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing the week of September 1-7,
    3         2009, as “Drowsy Driver Prevention Week” in Florida.
    4  
    5         WHEREAS, a 2008 Sleep in America Poll reported that 32
    6  percent of Americans reported driving while drowsy at least once
    7  per month in the previous year, and
    8         WHEREAS, among Americans who drive, 36 percent have
    9  reported nodding off or falling asleep while driving, and
   10         WHEREAS, drowsy driving is a silent killer that has
   11  resulted in thousands of injuries and deaths that were otherwise
   12  preventable, and
   13         WHEREAS, the incidence of drowsy driving can be reduced by
   14  educating drivers of the risks of driving without adequate
   15  amounts of rest, and
   16         WHEREAS, many Florida residents die each year from crashes
   17  that are related to drowsy, fatigued driving, including 8-year
   18  old Ronshay Dugans, who died when a cement truck driven by a
   19  drowsy driver overturned on the bus she was riding in
   20  Tallahassee on September 5, 2008, NOW, THEREFORE,
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   22  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   24         That the week of September 1-7, 2009, is recognized as
   25  “Drowsy Driver Prevention Week” in Florida and all residents are
   26  encouraged to remember those Floridians who have died in
   27  collisions related to drowsy driving.