Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Advocates urges California to enact Assembly Bill (AB) 2385. This legislation will improve California’s graduated driver licensing (GDL) law by requiring older teen and young adult novice drivers up to age 21 to participate in the state’s GDL program. AB 2385 is critically needed as the number of young drivers (aged 15 to 20) involved in fatal crashes in 2021…
read moreMotor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death for children in the United States. An average of over three children under age 14 were killed and about 445 were injured every day in traffic crashes in 2021 – amounting to a total of 1,184 fatalities and 162,298 others injured. Improperly restrained children traveling in vehicles present a serious yet…
read morePlease see the letter that Advocates submitted to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in advance of the April 16, 2024, Roundtable, “Artificial Intelligence in Transportation.” While Advocates supports the deployment of technology verified by independent research to prevent crashes and reduce the resulting deaths and injuries, we are concerned that the implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into our Nation’s…
read moreAdvocates supports Assembly Bill (AB) 2210 to require ignition interlock devices (IID) for all first time convicted drunk drivers, giving California the opportunity to join the 35 states and Washington, DC that have made their roads safer by enacting an all offender IID law. Under current law courts may order IIDs for first time offenders but IIDs are not required,…
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