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General Motors (GM) Petitions to Delay Recall of Takata Airbag-Equipped Vehicles

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 22, 2016 Contact: Cathy Chase, 571-243-7282, cchase@saferoads.org General Motors (GM) Petitions to Delay Recall of Takata Airbag-Equipped Vehicles Decision by U.S. DOT Gives GM the Green Light to Continue to Shirk Safety Responsibility to Get Exploding Takata Airbags Out of Vehicles and Off the Roads Statement of Cathy Chase, Vice President of Governmental Affairs A Petition…

Traffic Deaths Spike over Thanksgiving Weekend

For Immediate Release: November 21, 2016 Contact: Cathy Chase, 571-243-7282, cchase@saferoads.org “Thanksgiving Tradition” – Highway Deaths Will Spike over the Holiday Weekend, Yet Critical Safety Improvements Languish and Attacks on Existing Safety Protections Intensify Statement of Jackie Gillan and Cathy Chase, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) Jackie Gillan, President, Advocates: When families take to the roads to be…

Statement on the Death of Clarence Ditlow

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 11, 2016 Contact: Cathy Chase, 571-243-7282, cchase@saferoads.org Statement of Jackie Gillan, President of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates), on the Death of Clarence Ditlow, Executive Director of the Center for Auto Safety and Advocates’ Board Member Today, the Board of Directors and staff of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) mourn the…

Statement from NHTSA Public Meeting on Federal Automated Vehicles Policy

STATEMENT OF PETER KURDOCK, DIRECTOR OF REGULATORY AFFAIRS, ADVOCATES FOR HIGHWAY & AUTO SAFETY NHTSA PUBLIC MEETING: FEDERAL AUTOMATED VEHICLES POLICY NOVEMBER 10, 2016 Good afternoon. I am Peter Kurdock, Director of Regulatory Affairs for Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates). Advocates has always enthusiastically championed technology and for good reason. It is one of the most effective strategies…