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Statement on Potential Dangerous Cuts to Roadway Safety Agencies

Contact: Shane Austin saustin@saferoads.org 202.425.2776 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement by Cathy Chase, President, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates), on Potential Dangerous Cuts to Roadway Safety Agencies (Washington, D.C. |February 26, 2025) The Trump Administration released a memo sent to heads of government agencies directing them to submit reorganization plans by March 13 aimed at a “reduction in force”…

Advocates Sends Letter Opposing Dangerous Truck Weight Increases

During the March 21, 2024, hearing of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit entitled, Rural Transportation Challenges: Stakeholder Perspectives, recently introduced legislation, the Modernizing Operations for Vehicles in Emergencies Act (MOVE Act), H.R. 7496, was discussed and identified as necessary to mitigate potential future emergency scenarios by allowing truck weight increases. Measures, including this one,…

Statement on Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) Partial Driving Automation Safeguard Ratings

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement of Cathy Chase, President, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates), on Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Inaugural Partial Driving Automation Safeguard Ratings Washington, DC, March 12, 2024 | Today, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) released its first ever ratings on safeguards for partial driving automation systems. Advocates commends IIHS for shining a…

Statement on Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) Partial Driving Automation Safeguard Ratings

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement of Cathy Chase, President, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates), on Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Inaugural Partial Driving Automation Safeguard Ratings Washington, DC, March 12, 2024 | Today, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) released its first ever ratings on safeguards for partial driving automation systems. Advocates commends IIHS for shining a…