Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Several consumer, health and safety organizations joined with victims and survivors of crashes to send a letter to the U.S. Senate outlaying grave concerns regarding the “safety title” of the highway bill. Here is a list of the “worst of the worst” provisions that, unless remedied, do nothing to stop the death and injury toll on our highways. “The safety…
read moreAccording to the federal government, in 2021 motor vehicle crashes claimed nearly 43,000 lives. Crashes are responsible for millions of injuries every year and impose a comprehensive cost to society of more than $1 trillion in property loss, medical and emergency bills, productivity loss, lost quality of life, and other related costs. Click below to see the latest on a…
read moreOn Eve of Senate Debate on Surface Transportation Bill, Safety Advocates, Crash Victims’ Families, and Members of Congress to Launch Renewed Push to Adopt Pro-Safety Provisions and Dump Pro-Industry Rollbacks Partisan Bill Departs from Historical Bipartisan Senate Actions to Combat Highway Deaths and Injuries Nearly 200,000 People Will Be Killed and 14 Million Injured in Crashes over 6 Years Unless Commonsense and…
read moreOn Eve of Senate Commerce Committee Markup, Highway Safety Advocacy Groups, Crash Victims and Members of Congress to Hold Media Conference Call to Expose Fatal Flaws in Chairman’s Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill For First Time in 25 Years, Separate Highway Bills Are Introduced that May Put Politics Before Public Safety Safety organizations and advocates also released a letter to Chairman Thune (R-SD) and…
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