Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Contact: Bill Bronrott, 202-270-4415, [email protected] MEDIA ALERT: Each State and DC Issued a Report Card Exposing Deadly Gaps in 15 Essential Highway Safety Laws Register Now for the Live Webcast of the Report Release Recent government data shows second year of alarming increases in traffic fatalities. Every state legislature will be in session this year and every state is lacking…
read moreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 16, 2016 Contact: Allison Kennedy, 202-408-1711, [email protected] Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Shirks Duty to Protect Consumers Decision by FTC Allows Auto Dealerships to Falsely Advertise Used Cars with Unrepaired, and Potentially Deadly, Defects as Safe and Certified Statement of Cathy Chase, Vice President of Governmental Affairs Today’s decision by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was a…
read moreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 7, 2016 Contact: Allison Kennedy, 202-408-1711, [email protected] STATEMENT OF PETER KURDOCK, DIRECTOR OF REGULATORY AFFAIRS ON RELEASE OF DO-NOTHING ENTRY-LEVEL DRIVER TRAINING RULE Meaningless Rule Issued by FMCSA Disregards Congressional Mandates, Federal Court Precedent, Experts Convened by the Agency and Common Sense Rule Only Adds to Agency’s Shameful Legacy of Failing to Issue Effective Training Rule…
read moreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 6, 2016 Contact: Advocates: Cathy Chase, [email protected], (o) 202-408-1711 or (c) 571-243-7282 CRASH and PATT: John Lannen, [email protected], (o) 703-294-6404 or (c) 703-328-5007 Statement of Highway, Auto & Truck Safety Groups in Response to Removal of Truck Driver Safety Protections in Continuing Resolution 4,067 People Killed in Truck Crashes in 2015, Yet Congress is Poised to…
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