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Proc 8610ProclamationObama · DCeremonial

Proclamation 8610

National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, 2010

President Obama proclaimed December 2010 as National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, calling attention to drunk, drugged, and distracted driving dangers. The proclamation references an existing nationwide ban on federal employees texting while driving and ongoing public awareness campaigns by DOT and ONDCP, but issues no new binding directives or mandates.

Federal Register Open PDF 75 FR 75845

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation takes effect for December 2010

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Document is purely commemorative with no enforceable mandates; references to existing policies (federal texting ban, NHTSA campaign) are descriptive, not directive
Proclamation 8610: National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, 2010 · Executive Orders