PRINTER'S NO. 2625
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
539
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BOBACK, HELM, BIZZARRO, PICKETT, KIRKLAND,
DONATUCCI, KORTZ, DiGIROLAMO, MURT, HENNESSEY, BURNS, HILL-
EVANS, SONNEY, FREEMAN, MILLARD, SCHLEGEL CULVER, KAUFFMAN,
STAATS, MACKENZIE, WILLIAMS, MALAGARI, B. MILLER, YOUNGBLOOD,
KINSEY, HEFFLEY, HARKINS, SCHMITT, SNYDER, OWLETT, BROWN,
CALTAGIRONE, SAYLOR, KIM, READSHAW, HOWARD AND JOHNSON-
HARRELL, SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the week of October 20 through 26, 2019, as
"National Teen Driver Safety Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death
for adolescents and young adults in the United States, and many
of these deaths are preventable; and
WHEREAS, In 2015, there were 1,886 young drivers between 15
and 20 years of age involved in fatal crashes and approximately
195,000 teens were injured; and
WHEREAS, The crash rate in the United States for teen
drivers, based on miles driven, is nearly three times the crash
rate for drivers 20 years of age or older; and
WHEREAS, The majority of teen driver crashes in the United
States are due to a critical driver error, with four common
errors accounting for nearly half of all serious crashes:
driving too fast for road conditions; being distracted; not
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