Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Advocates has urged members of the Alabama Senate to reject Senate Bill (SB) 302 which would repeal the all-rider motorcycle helmet use law. Motorcycles are the most hazardous form of motor vehicle transportation. Motorcycle riders are nearly 22 times more likely to die in a crash than passenger vehicle occupants. In 2023, 94 motorcyclists lost their lives in Alabama, a…
read moreAdvocates has called on the leadership of the California Assembly Public Safety Committee to enact Assembly Bill (AB) 981 to establish an intelligent speed assistance (ISA) program for people convicted of excessive speeding, reckless driving or racing offenses. Traffic fatalities have risen over the past decade in California, and speeding is a major contributor. In 2023, 4,061 people lost their…
read moreAdvocates has sent a letter to leaders in the South Carolina Senate in support of House Bill (HB) 3276 to curb distracted driving while offering recommendations to improve the bill’s efficacy based on research and experience. This legislation will update the state’s distracted driving law and curb manual, visual and cognitive distractions to keep South Carolina motorists and all who…
read moreAdvocates has sent a letter of support for advancing Senate Bill (SB) 572 in the California Legislature. The bill would require manufacturers of Level 2 advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) vehicles to report collisions to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) if the federal government ceases requiring crash reporting. Level 2 ADAS vehicles have driver support features including lane centering…
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