National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, 2003

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Part IX

The President

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Proclamation 7743--National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month,
2003

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 7743 of December 8, 2003

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention
Month, 2003

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Last year, more than 17,000 people were killed and
258,000 more were injured in alcohol-related crashes.
Such accidents cause unnecessary suffering, loss of
life, and expense. During National Drunk and Drugged
Driving Prevention Month, we continue our efforts to
stop impaired driving and improve the safety of our
roads during the holiday season and throughout the
year.

We are enhancing both the education of our citizens
about the dangers of driving while under the influence
and our methods for keeping impaired drivers off the
road. My Administration is helping in this fight by
supporting the enforcement of traffic programs that
teach Americans about the risks of impaired driving.
Earlier this year, my Administration proposed to the
Congress the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient
Transportation Equity Act of 2003 (SAFETEA), which
would elevate safe transportation to a national
priority and increase State resources for existing
enforcement and education efforts. While Federal help
and funding are important, State and local involvement
is also critical. As part of the Department of
Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration's ``You Drink & Drive. You Lose.''
national campaign, from December 19, 2003, through
January 4, 2004, more than 10,000 law enforcement
agencies will join forces with community, health,
government, and business organizations to demonstrate
that impaired driving is unacceptable and unlawful.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United
States, do hereby proclaim December 2003 as National
Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month. I encourage
all Americans to join the ``You Drink & Drive. You
Lose.'' national campaign to protect our citizens from
impaired drivers.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
eighth day of December, in the year of our Lord two
thousand three, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and twenty-eighth.

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