HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1011
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, Encouraging pedestrians and bicyclists to wear brightly colored
clothing when using a public highway and for motorists to watch for pedestrians and bicyclists.
WHEREAS, in 2010, 4,280 pedestrians and 620 bicyclists were killed nationwide in traffic
accidents; and
WHEREAS, pedestrian and bicyclist deaths make up approximately fourteen percent of all traffic
fatalities nationwide; and
WHEREAS, more South Dakotans are walking and bicycling to improve their health and are
using public highways to do so; and
WHEREAS, on many South Dakota highways with little or no highway shoulders, the exposed
nature of walking and bicycling to motor vehicle traffic is high; and
WHEREAS, nationwide twenty-five percent of bicycle deaths occurred between 9:00 p.m. and
6:00 a.m. and another twenty-two percent occurred between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.; and
WHEREAS, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration suggests that pedestrians and
bicyclists increase their visibility by wearing brightly colored clothing and placing reflective tape on
their equipment or clothing; and
WHEREAS, educating pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists about how to safely share a public
highway is more effective than enacting additional legislation:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the House of Representatives of the Eighty-Eighth
Legislature of the State of South Dakota, the Senate concurring therein, in order to increase safety
for pedestrians and bicyclists who use public highways in the state, that pedestrians and bicyclists
be urged to wear brightly colored clothing and place reflective tape on their equipment when using
public highways; and that motorists be advised to closely watch for pedestrians and bicyclists who
are using public highways of the state.
Adopted by the House of Representatives,
February 25, 2013
Concurred in by the Senate,
February 27, 2013
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Brian Gosch
Speaker of the House
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Arlene Kvislen
Chief Clerk of the House
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Matt Michels
President of the Senate
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Jeannette Schipper
Secretary of the Senate
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