Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
The improvements we recommend will not stop or even slow down the development and deployment of AVs which hold the potential to significantly reduce motor vehicle deaths and injuries. Rather, these are commonsense proposals that will ensure public safety and industry accountability.
read moreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 6, 2016 Contact: Advocates: Cathy Chase, cchase@saferoads.org, (o) 202-408-1711 or (c) 571-243-7282 CRASH and PATT: John Lannen, jlannen@trucksafety.org, (o) 703-294-6404 or (c) 703-328-5007 Statement of Highway, Auto & Truck Safety Groups in Response to Removal of Truck Driver Safety Protections in Continuing Resolution 4,067 People Killed in Truck Crashes in 2015, Yet Congress is Poised to…
read moreFor Immediate Release: November 21, 2016 Contact: Cathy Chase, 571-243-7282, cchase@saferoads.org “Thanksgiving Tradition” – Highway Deaths Will Spike over the Holiday Weekend, Yet Critical Safety Improvements Languish and Attacks on Existing Safety Protections Intensify Statement of Jackie Gillan and Cathy Chase, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) Jackie Gillan, President, Advocates: When families take to the roads to be…
read moreDownload the Distracted Driving fact sheet (PDF) 0 IN CRASHES INVOLVING A DISTRACTED DRIVER 0 IN CRASHES INVOLVING A DISTRACTED DRIVER Distracted Driving In 2020, 3,142 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), accounting for eight percent of fatalities on U.S. roads. In 2019, the most recent year for…
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