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Statement on Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) Partial Driving Automation Safeguard Ratings

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement of Cathy Chase, President, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates), on Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Inaugural Partial Driving Automation Safeguard Ratings Washington, DC, March 12, 2024 | Today, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) released its first ever ratings on safeguards for partial driving automation systems. Advocates commends IIHS for shining a…

IL: Illinois Should Pass Lifesaving All-Rider Helmet Law

Motorcyclist fatalities are up 18 percent since 2012 in Illinois and at record levels nationally. We support HB 5620 which would require all motorcycle operators and passengers to utilize the lifesaving protection of helmets. According to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), laws requiring all motorcyclists to wear helmets are the only strategy proven to be effective…

OH: Advocates Warns Against Reducing the Minimum Driving Age

Advocates opposes HB 395 which would reduce the minimum driving age by six months to 15 years old and increase the number of inexperienced drivers on Ohio roads. If enacted fatal crashes would increase by seven percent and total collision claims by two percent according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) GDL Crash Reduction Calculator. Read our letter…

AZ: Advocates Opposes Automated Enforcement Ban Bill

Advocates is speaking out against SB 1003 which would prohibit automated enforcement in Arizona. Automated enforcement is a proven traffic safety tool. Speed cameras reduce the likelihood a crash results in a fatal or incapacitating injury by 19 percent while red light cameras cut fatal red light running crashes by 21 percent. This is especially needed in Arizona which has…