Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
It is now time for the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to act with urgency to implement and exceed the Congressional directives to address the nearly 40,000 deaths and 2.7 million injuries occurring on our nation’s roadways annually.
read moreExpanding current distracted driving laws to more broadly curb manual use of devices, known as a hands free requirement or a hand held prohibition, and coupling this measure with provisions to also restrict distracting viewing of devices, such as accessing the internet, reading and updating social media networks, video chatting and streaming video, can help to deter deadly device use behind the wheel.
read moreMotorists and road users are being killed needlessly while proven solutions are deferred, delayed or dormant. We call upon U.S. DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his team to expeditiously issue new safety requirements to protect all road users.
read moreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 27, 2021 CONTACT: Pete Daniels / pdaniels@saferoads.org / 301-442-2249 (C) Statement from Cathy Chase, President, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates), on Road Safety During Halloween Excited children walking on sidewalks and roadsides and crossing streets, the earlier onset of darkness, and people driving while impaired or distracted contribute to our roadways being…
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