Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Advocates has weighed in with Judiciary Committee leaders in the Nebraska Legislature to support enactment of Legislative Bill (LB) 600 and LB 616. LB 600 includes provisions to allow for use of automated enforcement (AE) in active highway work zones and school zones and to authorize variable speed limit (VSL) programs on highways. LB 616 would allow localities to utilize…
read moreAhead of a hearing tomorrow, Advocates has sent a letter to leadership of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee outlining proven solutions to address devastating truck crash fatalities and injuries. These include requiring technology like automatic emergency braking (AEB)and speed limiting devices and addressing issues like truck parking. The letter also includes opposition to…
read moreAdvocates has joined national and Arizona-based groups to oppose SCR 1002, which would put to a public vote, whether or not local jurisdictions could employ lifesaving speed and red light safety cameras. Photo enforcement works. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administra6on (NHTSA) reports that speed cameras reduce roadway injuries and fatali6es by 20-37%. A study by the Insurance Institute for…
read moreAdvocates has joined other safety organizations in urging Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) to sign HB 2096 into law. This legislation will prevent speeding in the Commonwealth by establishing an Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) Program within the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program (VASAP). Speeding is the number one factor in traffic fatalities in Virginia, accounting for 49.5% of all traffic deaths…
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