Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
We have updated our Scorecard urging opposition to anti-safety trucking sections 131 through 134, the Clyde amendment to prohibit use of federal funds for speed and red light safety cameras and others in the House FY 2025 THUD bill. Read the updated Scorecard as of July 24, 2024 here. Advocates sent a joint letter to Members of the House Appropriations…
read moreOn July 24th, the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit in the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will hold a hearing titled “Examining the Department of Transportation’s Regulatory and Administrative Agenda.” Advocates has sent a letter outlining the importance of federal safety standards in saving lives on our roadways and critical solutions that need enacting, including the completion of rulemakings…
read moreMedia Contact: Shane Austin, saustin@saferoads.org 202.425.2776 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement by Cathy Chase, President, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, on July 4th Holiday Travel (June 27, 2024, Washington, DC) | The Fourth of July is a major car travel holiday across the U.S. and one of the deadliest on our roads. This year, AAA projects 60.6 million people will…
read moreStatement by Cathy Chase, President, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates), on New Data on 2024 Q-1 Traffic Crash Fatalities June 25, 2024 | (Washington, DC): While we are pleased traffic fatalities experienced a modest overall decline in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) 2024 first quarter estimates, they remain historically and egregiously high. In just three months, 8,650 people…
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