Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
0 IN 2021 MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES 0 TEN-YEAR TOTAL 0 ANNUAL ECONOMIC COST FROM MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES Alabama Rating: Caution Alabama needs improvement because of gaps in Advocates’ recommended optimal laws, as reported in the 2022 Roadmap Report. Highway Safety Laws Needed Primary Enforcement Seat Belt Law (Rear) Rear Facing Through Age 2 Law Booster Seat Law GDL – Minimum…
read moreSeveral consumer, health and safety organizations joined with victims and survivors of crashes to send a letter to the U.S. Senate outlaying grave concerns regarding the “safety title” of the highway bill. Here is a list of the “worst of the worst” provisions that, unless remedied, do nothing to stop the death and injury toll on our highways. “The safety…
read moreA Senate Bill That Makes Roads and Railroads Less Safe The Opinion Pages | Editorial By THE EDITORIAL BOARD JULY 21, 2015 Last month the House passed an appropriations bill that would put bigger trucks with overworked drivers behind the wheel on the nation’s highways. If that weren’t irresponsible enough, the Senate is now considering legislation that would allow trucking…
read moreStatement of Jack Gillis, Consumer Federation of America On Senate Bill 1732 and Its Failure to Address Important Safety Concerns July 20, 2015 Washington, DC — I am Jack Gillis, auto safety advocate at the Consumer Federation of America and author of The Car Book, published in cooperation with the Center for Auto Safety. CFA is an association of nearly…
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