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‘Star Trek’ actor’s death prompts new calls for auto recall fix

‘Star Trek’ actor’s death prompts new calls for auto recall fix WASHINGTON | BY DAVID SHEPARDSON World | Wed Jun 22, 2016 6:59am EDT Cast member Anton Yelchin poses during the photo call for the movie ‘Burying the ex’ at the 71st Venice Film Festival September 4, 2014. (REUTERS/TONY GENTILE/FILE PHOTO) “Star Trek” actor Anton Yelchin’s fatal accident involving a recalled…

Baltimore Sun Editorial: Safer Teen Drivers

Safer teen drivers June 16, 2016 Can Maryland’s teen drivers be saved from themselves? Last week, three Montgomery County teens, all juniors at Clarksburg High School, died in a single-vehicle crash in Damascus. The driver, a 17-year-old who had only recently obtained his provisional driver’s license, had veered into a tree in his vintage Ford F-250 pickup at a…

Statement of Jackie Gillan on Sen. Bill Nelson’s Report on Takata Airbags

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 2, 2016 Contact: Allison Kennedy, 202-408-1711, akennedy@saferoads.org STATEMENT OF JACKIE GILLAN, PRESIDENT OF ADVOCATES FOR HIGHWAY AND AUTO SAFETY, ON SEN. BILL NELSON’S (D-FL), RANKING MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION, REPORT ON TAKATA AIRBAGS, “The Takata Recalls: Consumers Are Still Stuck in Neutral” The report released by Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL),…

Statements on House Appropriations Committee Action to Repeal Commonsense Truck Safety Rules

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 24, 2016 Contact: Allison Kennedy, 202-408-1711, akennedy@saferoads.org With Memorial Day Weekend Approaching and Record Number of Highway Deaths and Injuries Predicted, Congress Moves Special Interest Bill Putting Even More Tired Truckers on the Roads with Families Statements on Today’s House Appropriations Committee Action to Repeal Commonsense Safety Rules on Working and Driving Limits of Truck Drivers…