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Advocates Urges Senate Commerce Committee to Reject Anti-Safety Truck Amendments to the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (S. 3580)

In 2020, nearly 5,000 people were killed in crashes involving a large truck. Since 2009, the number of fatalities in large truck crashes has increased by 47 percent. Additionally, nearly 147,000 people were injured in crashes involving a large truck that same year. The cost to society from crashes involving large trucks and buses was estimated to be $163 billion in 2019, the latest year for which data is available. Truck driving is one of the most dangerous occupations.

Statement on New Research Showing Large Passenger Vehicle Dangers to Pedestrians in Intersections

Walking across the street should not be a death-defying act. The data presented by IIHS strengthens the case for adoption of the Safe System Approach to protect pedestrians and other vulnerable road users (VRUs), especially given trends in the U.S. passenger fleet toward larger vehicles and the historically high number of pedestrians killed in 2020, 6,500.

Safety Groups Urge Maryland Lawmakers to Reject Bill That Would Repeal the State’s All-Rider Motorcycle Helmet Requirement

On March 15, 2022, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates), the Emergency Nurses Association (MDENA), Partnership for a Safer Maryland and the Skilled Motorcyclist Association – Responsible, Trained and Educated Riders, Inc. (SMARTER), submitted a statement to the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee opposing Senate Bill (SB) 745, legislation that would repeal Maryland’s all-rider motorcycle helmet law.

Statement on Revisions to Rules for Protecting Occupants in Vehicles with Automated Driving Systems (ADS)

Streamlining compliance with federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS) for auto manufacturers should not sacrifice the safety of everyone in and around the cars they’re selling. At a bare minimum, vehicles with ADS must be required to provide the same levels of occupant protection required in passenger vehicles.