Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Advocates urges Governor Kim Reynolds to veto Senate File (SF) 2109. This measure expands an exemption to the graduated driver licensing (GDL) law for a special minors’ restricted license and will increase the number of inexperienced and unsupervised drivers on state roads. It weakens the current GDL law and threatens the safety of novice teen drivers and all who share…
read moreAdvocates urges California to enact Assembly Bill (AB) 2385. This legislation will improve California’s graduated driver licensing (GDL) law by requiring older teen and young adult novice drivers up to age 21 to participate in the state’s GDL program. AB 2385 is critically needed as the number of young drivers (aged 15 to 20) involved in fatal crashes in 2021…
read moreMotor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death for children in the United States. An average of over three children under age 14 were killed and about 445 were injured every day in traffic crashes in 2021 – amounting to a total of 1,184 fatalities and 162,298 others injured. Improperly restrained children traveling in vehicles present a serious yet…
read morePlease see the letter that Advocates submitted to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in advance of the April 16, 2024, Roundtable, “Artificial Intelligence in Transportation.” While Advocates supports the deployment of technology verified by independent research to prevent crashes and reduce the resulting deaths and injuries, we are concerned that the implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into our Nation’s…
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