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Statement on Impaired Driving Study & Holiday Driving Dangers

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 13, 2022  CONTACT: Allison Kennedy / akennedy@saferoads.org / 360-281-7033 (C) Statement of Cathy Chase, President, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates), on New NHTSA Study on Impaired Driving and Increased Dangers during the December Holiday…

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Orgs join to oppose NJ bills which would undermine use of AE

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See our letter to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee, New Jersey Legislature, on S 460 / A 4343 here.

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Safety Groups Urge Swift Nomination of a New NHTSA Administrator

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Safety group letter sent by Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, AAA, GHSA, MADD and NSC to President Joe Biden (D).

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Statement on New Rule Improving Child Passenger Safety and Proposed Rule on the Operation of Event Data Recorders (EDR)

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Today the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) took the commendable steps of issuing a Final Rule on side impact protection for children seated in child restraints and a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the operation of event data recorders (EDR), devices that provide invaluable information about motor vehicle crashes.  Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) urges the agency to continue working to address the existing backlog of overdue congressionally mandated vehicle safety rules and move forward expeditiously on vehicle safety directives in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA, Pub. L. 117-58).

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