Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
STATEMENT OF PETER KURDOCK, DIRECTOR OF REGULATORY AFFAIRS, ADVOCATES FOR HIGHWAY & AUTO SAFETY NHTSA PUBLIC MEETING: FEDERAL AUTOMATED VEHICLES POLICY NOVEMBER 10, 2016 Good afternoon. I am Peter Kurdock, Director of Regulatory Affairs for Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates). Advocates has always enthusiastically championed technology and for good reason. It is one of the most effective strategies…
read moreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 1, 2016 Contact: Allison Kennedy, 202.408.1711, [email protected] Federal Appeals Court Decision Rejects Baseless Challenge to Truck Driver Electronic Logging Device Rule Decision Clears the Way for the Rule that Will Help Reduce Driver Fatigue, at a Time when Deaths and Injuries from Truck Crashes Have Reached Near Record Levels WASHINGTON, D.C. – Advocates for Highway and…
read moreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 17, 2016 Contact: Allison Kennedy, 202.408.1711, [email protected] STATEMENT OF CATHY CHASE, VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS FOR ADVOCATES FOR HIGHWAY AND AUTO SAFETY ON NATIONAL TEEN DRIVER SAFETY WEEK Young Driver Fatalities Up 10% in 2015 Motor Vehicle Crashes are #1 Killer of Teens Yet, No State Has an Optimal Comprehensive Teen Driving Law, a Proven…
read moreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 20, 2016 Contact: Allison Kennedy, 202-408-1711, [email protected] STATEMENT OF JACQUELINE GILLAN, PRESIDENT OF ADVOCATES FOR HIGHWAY AND AUTO SAFETY, ON U.S. DOT RELEASE OF FEDERAL AUTOMATED VEHICLES POLICY The U.S. DOT proactive approach to the safe deployment of automated vehicles is a welcomed development. Yet, policy and legal gaps could result in consumers becoming “human crash…
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