Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Advocates has written to the Louisiana House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works to oppose Senate Bill (SB) 99, which would prohibit the use of red light safety cameras and restricts speed safety cameras to school zones. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 811 people lost their lives on Louisiana roads in 2023, a 12 percent…
read moreContact: Shane Austin [email protected] 202.425.2776 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement by Cathy Chase, President of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates), on Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month and National Bicycle Safety Month in May (Washington, D.C. | May 1, 2025) Motorcycles are the most hazardous form of motor vehicle transportation. While overall motor vehicle crash fatalities decreased slightly in recent years,…
read moreFor today’s markup in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Advocates has released a Safety Scorecard to urge support for amendments to transportation reconciliation language (pursuant to H. Con. Res. 14, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025) to improve safety on our roadways. View the full Scorecard here.
read moreAdvocates and other safety organizations have joined forces to support Assembly Bill (AB) 366 which will address California’s drunk driving crisis by protecting and expanding California’s ignition interlock device (IID) program to prevent impaired driving and save lives. California’s current IID program is set to expire at the end of 2025. If the Legislature fails to act, California will become…
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