PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1620, 1865 PRINTER'S NO. 1935
No. 127 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY CONTI, THOMPSON, WAGNER, HELFRICK, HOLL,
SALVATORE, COSTA, DENT, BELL, GERLACH, MOWERY, TOMLINSON,
WENGER, BRIGHTBILL, LEMMOND, BOSCOLA AND MELLOW,
JANUARY 26, 2000
AS AMENDED, MAY 8, 2000
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1 Directing the Joint State Government Commission to study and
2 make recommendations concerning the issue of highway safety
3 and driver distractions, including communications technology,
4 electronic entertainment and other nontechnological
5 distractions.
6 WHEREAS, There are many opportunities for driver distractions
7 while operating a motor vehicle, including, but not limited to,
8 communications technology, electronic entertainment, COMPUTER <--
9 USE, fatigue, reading, food and beverage consumption and
10 passengers, including children and pets; and
11 WHEREAS, Persons who use Pennsylvania highways pay, through
12 registration fees or the liquid fuels tax, for highway
13 maintenance and construction; and
14 WHEREAS, The General Assembly has a responsibility to the
15 taxpayers to ensure that the public roads and highways are as
16 safe as possible by enacting enforceable traffic safety laws;
17 therefore be it
18 RESOLVED (the House of Representatives concurring), That the
1 Senate direct the Joint State Government Commission:
2 (1) To study and develop recommendations concerning the
3 issue of highway safety and driver distractions, including
4 communications technology and electronic entertainment such
5 as wireless telephones, pagers, facsimile machines,
6 COMPUTERS, locator devices, AM/FM radios, compact disc <--
7 players, audio cassette players, citizens band radios and
8 dispatch radios, and all other forms of nontechnological
9 distractions.
10 (2) To review and analyze studies and statistics
11 relating to all types of driver distractions which affect
12 highway and traffic safety.
13 (3) To inquire into innovative communications
14 technologies being used or proposed to be used in motor
15 vehicles that may help alleviate risks to highway and traffic
16 safety.
17 (4) To develop recommendations for public and private
18 strategies and recommendations for legislative or regulatory
19 action if deemed appropriate to address these issues;
20 and be it further
21 RESOLVED, That the Department of Transportation and the
22 Pennsylvania State Police assist the Joint State Government
23 Commission in supplying and gathering statistics relating to all
24 types of driver distractions which affect highway and traffic
25 safety in this Commonwealth; and be it further
26 RESOLVED, That the Joint State Government Commission make an
27 interim report on its findings and recommendations to the
28 General Assembly on December 1, 2000 BY JANUARY 2, 2001, and a <--
29 final report on BY December 1, 2001. <--
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