Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
A system reminding drivers to remember vulnerable back seat passengers is a commonsense solution to these heartbreaking deaths. One child dies from heat stroke every nine days in communities across the country. Rear seat passenger alerts are already available and we’re failing our children each day that this effective, proven technology isn’t included as standard equipment in every vehicle.
read moreAhead of tomorrow’s hearing on the FAST Act, consumer, health, and safety groups, families of truck crash victims and survivors, law enforcement, first responders, as well as labor, trucking and rail organizations asked the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit to oppose any attempt to increase federal truck size and weight limits. Bigger, heavier trucks will add more strain to our Nation’s already-stressed infrastructure. Congress has previously rejected these anti-safety measures and should do so again, particularly since truck crashes continue to rise.
read moreAdvocates for Highway and Auto Safety President Cathy Chase submitted the following statement to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit about critical auto safety actions and the implementation of the FAST Act.
read moreAs Infrastructure Week kicks off, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) stresses the strong and historic connection between infrastructure legislation and safety advances. All major infrastructure bills have included a safety title targeted at advancing safer cars, safer roads and safer drivers. Recent calls for infrastructure improvements and investment, highlighted during this particular week, should be no different.
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