Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Tomorrow (4/10/25), the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing, “If I Could Turn Back Time: Should We Lock the Clock?,” to examine issues related to daylight saving time (DST). Ahead of the hearing, Advocates has submitted a letter for the record urging the committee to advance solutions that are available to enhance roadway safety in different…
read moreAdvocates along with several other partner safety organizations have sent a letter of support for House Bill 1875 to the Arkansas Senate Judiciary Committee. The legislation will improve the ignition interlock device (IID) law and enhance safety by adding a compliance-based removal requirement to the IID law. Read the full letter here.
read moreAdvocates has asked members of the Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security to advance Senate Bill (S) 1657/House Bill (H) 2603 to update Massachusetts’s child occupant protection statute by adding a requirement that children remain in a rear facing safety seat until at least two years old and be in a rear facing or a forward…
read moreAdvocates along with several other partner safety organizations have sent a letter of support for House Bill 1596 to members of the Senate Transportation Committee in the Washington State Legislature. Driving in Washington state has become increasingly dangerous. Over 30% of fatalities on Washington roads involved speeding drivers. If adopted, HB 1596 would allow drivers convicted of reckless driving, or…
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