Safe Driving Day

{{Short description|Safe Driving day in USA}}

Safe Driving Day, or S-D Day was a US holiday introduced in 1954 "to focus national attention on the traffic accident problem".{{cite book |title=Collier's 1956 Year Book |first=William T. |last=Couch |year=1956 |location=USA |publisher=P.F. Collier & Son Corporation |page=692}} 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."{{cite web |title=Statement by the President: Safe Driving Day |work=The American Presidency Project: Dwight D. Eisenhower |first1=Gerhard|last1=Peters |first2=John T. |last2=Woolley |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=10137|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813220748/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=10137|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 13, 2014}} Eisenhower went on to outline a three-point plan to achieve this goal:

1. Obey traffic regulations.
2. Follow common sense rules of good sportsmanship and courtesy.
3. Stay alert and careful, mindful of the constant possibility of accidents caused by negligence.

The second Safe Driving Day was on December 1, 1955.{{cite magazine |title=S-D Day |date=November 1955 |volume=41 |work=ABA Journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9VgoOtFTmBYC&pg=PA1042 |page=1042 |access-date=2024-08-30 |via=Google Books}}