Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
See the full results of the Caravan public opinion poll commissioned by Advocates.
read moreVirtual Capitol Hill Briefing: Expert Panel on Autonomous Vehicles March 7, 2023 10 a.m. EST Click here for an invitation to attend The live briefing will be moderated by Cathy Chase, President of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety. Panelists…
read moreOn August 28, 2022 the New York Times published a letter to the editor by Cathy Chase, President of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) and Joan Claybrook, former Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA): “Go Slow on Driverless Cars.”
read moreExcerpt: “San Francisco offers an early glimpse into the likely treacherous course of AV technology in the absence of a thorough and deliberate process that addresses known dangers and unintended consequences posed by wide-scale deployment. Thorough data collection and transparency combined with standards that establish a baseline for safety are essential. Policymakers should heed the experience in San Francisco, and other known failures and crashes across the country, to comprehensively address AV safety through regulation and oversight.”
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