Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on Highways and Transit is holding a hearing on December 13, 2023: “Oversight of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Modal Perspectives.” With deaths and injuries on our Nation’s roads at historically high levels, the safety advances included in the law by this Subcommittee must be implemented by the U.S. Department of…
read moreAdvocates urged the New Jersey General Assembly to bring this to the floor for a vote before the 2022-2023 legislative session concludes. This legislation will improve the current graduated driver licensing (GDL) law for novice drivers by requiring supervised driving hours for novice teen and young adult drivers. Read the full letter here.
read moreStatement by Cathy Chase, President, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates), on Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Impaired Driving Prevention Technology (Washington, D.C. | December 12, 2023) Today, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to require advanced impaired driving technologies as standard equipment in new vehicles. This is a…
read moreAdvocates urges support for Florida Senate Bill (SB) 260 to require ignition interlock devices (IIDs) during the license suspension period for suspected drunk drivers who refuse a breath test. Read the full letter here.
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