Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Background on Status of Nebraska Bill to Repeal All-Rider Helmet Requirement: Numerous efforts have been made to repeal Nebraska’s all-rider helmet law since it was first enacted more than 33 years ago. They have all failed, and for good reasons. This year, lawmakers introduced Legislative Bill (LB) 91, that would effectively eliminate the state’s all-rider helmet law by allowing motorcycle…
read moreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement by Cathy Chase, President Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) On Including Pedestrian Crashworthiness Tests in NCAP (Washington, D.C-May 24, 2023) “The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) recent request for comments from the public on including pedestrian crashworthiness tests in the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) is laudable as deaths involving vulnerable…
read moreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement by Cathy Chase, President, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates), on End-of-School-Year Events and Memorial Day Weekend Driving (Washington, DC-May 19, 2023) With proms, graduation parties, the upcoming Memorial Day weekend and vacation travel, this is an exciting time of year for families and a busy time on the Nation’s roadways. AAA projects 37.1…
read moreSafety Scorecard: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Markup, May 23, 2023 Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, America Walks, Center for Auto Safety, Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways, Consumer Federation of America, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, Families for Safe Streets, Kids and Car Safety, League of American Bicyclists, National Consumers League, Parents Against Tired Truckers, Society for the Advancement of…
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