Letters

WI: Advocates and Safety Partners Urge Governor Tony Evers to Sign IID Improvement

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Advocates joined safety partners in urging Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers to sign SB 248 to improve the ignition interlock device (IID) law by allowing people convicted of repeat drunk driving offenses and those who refuse a BAC test to install…

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CA: Upgrade to IID Law Critical to Lowering High Drunk Driving Fatality Rate

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In California supports advancing Assembly Bill (AB) 1830 to make permanent the ignition interlock device (IID) pilot program and upgrade the law to require the use of IIDs by all convicted drunk drivers, including first time offenders. We urge the…

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CT: Joint Committee Should Advance Bill Addressing Evolving Risks from Distracted Driving

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In the Connecticut Joint Committee on Judiciary, Advocates is supporting advancement of Senate Bill (SB) 484 to curb distracted driving. The measure would prohibit the playing of a video on a mobile electronic device (that is in the full view…

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HI: Senate Committee Should Advance Bill to Address Speeding Crisis

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Advocates has written to leadership of the Hawaii Senate Committee on Transportation to support enactment of House Bill (HB) 2023 to establish an intelligent speed assistance (ISA) program. Use of ISA by specified individuals convicted of excessive speeding or racing…

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