Safe Driving Day
Accident prevention initiative in USA
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Safe Driving Day, or S-D Day was a US holiday introduced in 1954 "to focus national attention on the traffic accident problem".[1] The effort was kicked off by President Eisenhower in a November 16, 1954 statement in which he called on Americans to "help make it a day without a single traffic accident throughout our entire country."[2] Eisenhower went on to outline a three-point plan to achieve this goal:
- Obey traffic regulations.
- Follow common sense rules of good sportsmanship and courtesy.
- Stay alert and careful, mindful of the constant possibility of accidents caused by negligence.
The second Safe Driving Day was on December 1, 1955.[3]
