Lucy Kuelper testifies on Rep. Swanson Scott’s Law education bill

hello everybody my name is Lucy Culper and I'm 17 years old and I'm a junior at Roa high school so approximately every 4 and a half days a first responder is struck and killed on the side of the road in this country I started the move over project five years ago to spread awareness for Scots law and it quickly grew into a national level project and I became the voice for roadside safety my message is simple to slow down and move over for flashing lights on the side of the road so 5 years 50 stti five countries in a 4.2 million postre I've been able to be a change maker on an international level and so I'm asking you today to make a difference in leaving a lane and saving a life the mission of the move over project is to reduce struby injuries and deaths Nationwide through advocacy and change through education my miss my mission is personal my dad is an Illinois state trooper and I just want him to come home at the end of the day as do millions of others I wanted to bring a human aspect to my project that a man or a woman standing on the side of the road is someone's mother father Etc that's what kind of sets it apart is the human connection as well as educating the public that the law here in Illinois is to protect everyone including citizens on the side of the road that could simply be changing attire over the last 5 years I've received thousands of messages across the country and several other countries experiencing the same problems I have worked with victims families honoring their lost loved ones and helping some families find a role in advocacy through work through grief I have raised over $25,000 for the families that were affected by move over violations here in Illinois I started my project with a piece of paper 5 years ago this year I've traveled over 12,000 miles speaking holding large community events and reaching as many people as possible this year the move over project became a nonprofit with the goal of Greater Giving I've established a scholarship and I'm currently on a driver's ed classroom tour educating young drivers on the importance of slowing down and moving over using human aspect and personal connection to protect our men and women who work our roadways with the addition of this new legislation we can ensure that all drivers in Illinois are aware of the Move Over Law in the importance of the how this law affects everyone so I'm asking you to make a difference in leaving Lane and saving life please vote in favor of House Bill 4711 thank you thank you quite a story from Lucy and it's ironic this bill is House Bill 4711 her dad's state police badge is 4711 so it has to pass people now what this legislation does it requires the Secretary of State on every driver's test there are basically three questions that are asked one involves cyclists one involves involves pedestrians and the other is uh safety of um on the move over topic um our legislation require the Illinois State Police that anytime anyone misses a question that involves a move over and there's two types of questions asked on the test but only one time one is a multiple choice question and other is a true false of course the percentage of true false are more um positive than the multiple choices as far as past failure rate but what we ask the on State Police is anytime someone fails a question on the test that includes that move over question they're given an additional piece of paper to remind them of move over and uh be mindful of that and talking with our policemen it it m it gives them a peace of mind too knowing that everyone's passed that question on the test by getting that piece of paper so or their least knowledge of it so so um Lucy and I would ask for a a yes vote support of House Bill 4711