Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Advocates and a group of leading public health and safety organizations and allied organizations have registered their opposition to House Bill 317 which would repeal Louisiana’s all-rider motorcycle helmet law. Louisiana has repealed its all-rider helmet law in the past only to reverse course a few years later due to sharp declines in helmet use. A National Highway Traffic Safety…
read moreAhead of a hearing tomorrow (4/2), Advocates has sent a letter to leadership in the Vermont House of Representatives’ Committee on Transportation, asking them to advance Senate Bill (S.) 184. The legislation would create an automated speed enforcement (ASE) pilot program in active work zones on limited-access highways. Vermont has one of the highest speeding-related traffic fatality rates in the…
read moreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement by Cathy Chase, President, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, on Distracted Driving Awareness Month (March 29, 2024, Washington, DC) | April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, yet every day on our roadways is replete with distracted driving decisions and dangers. Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) calls on state and federal leaders to take…
read moreHouse Bill (HB 317) would repeal Louisiana’s Lifesaving All-Rider Helmet Law. Motorcycles are the most hazardous form of motor vehicle transportation, and fatalities are rising. In 2021, 5,932 motorcyclists were killed in the U.S., the most on record. 81 of these were in Louisiana. Louisiana has repealed its all-rider helmet law before only to reverse course due to deadly consequences.…
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