Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
“My husband Mark was taken from our family following a senseless red light running crash in 2003. Today, I am asking Congress to ensure that lifesaving safety technology is required in all new vehicles.”
read moreContact: Shane Austin saustin@saferoads.org 202.425.2776 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE To Commemorate Distracted Driving Awareness Month, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) Releases List of State and Federal Actions Needed to Reduce Distracted Driving-Related Deaths (Washington, D.C. | March 31, 2025) “Distracted driving is a threat most of us witness daily on our roadways. April’s Distracted Driving Awareness Month is a…
read moreMedia Contact: Shane Austin saustin@saferoads.org 202-425-2776 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement of Cathy Chase, President, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, on National Stop on Red Week 2024 (Washington, D.C.-August 2, 2024) This first full week of August is “National Stop on Red Week,” a reminder for all drivers to obey all traffic lights. More than 1,272 people were killed in…
read moreThe 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…
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