Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) sent the message below to Congress on August 3, 2021: This morning, an op-ed was published in Chicago’s Daily Herald, “Build safety into infrastructure bill,” by Shaun Kildare, Senior Director of Research at Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, and Jennifer Smith, Founder of StopDistractions.org. “The U.S. Senate is moving toward passage of a bipartisan…
read moreRed light running is a known killer on our roads. The annual “Stop on Red Week” campaign by the National Coalition for Safer Roads (NCSR) shines a spotlight on the need to address this deadly behavior, which was responsible for more than 800 deaths and 143,000 injuries in 2019 alone.
read moreTransportation and infrastructure legislation released today, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, fails to address the mounting physical, emotional and economic toll of motor vehicle crashes occurring every year. The unique opportunity to enact transformative transportation policies occurs every five years. Congress must capitalize on this moment and include proven solutions to the problems that persist on our nation’s roads.
read moreAdvocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) sent the message to Congress below on August, 31, 2021: Russ Swift (Port St. Lucie, FL), Co-Chair of Parents Against Tired Truckers (P.A.T.T.): “Nearly 28 years ago, October 14, 1993, our 23-year-old son, Jasen, died a violent death, early in the morning on a dark road, because of breathtakingly bad judgment by…
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