Posts Tagged :

advanced driver assistance systems

Statement on Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month

 150 150 Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety

May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, an annual event to focus on reducing the persistent death and injury toll due to motorcycle crashes.  In 2020, the number of motorcycle riders killed, 5,579, was the largest in a single year since data collection began in 1975.  This was also an alarming 11 percent increase from 2019 and accounted for 14 percent of all roadway deaths. 

read more

Statement on Revisions to Rules for Protecting Occupants in Vehicles with Automated Driving Systems (ADS)

 150 150 Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety

Streamlining compliance with federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS) for auto manufacturers should not sacrifice the safety of everyone in and around the cars they’re selling.  At a bare minimum, vehicles with ADS must be required to provide the same levels of occupant protection required in passenger vehicles.

read more

Joint Statement on Proposed Update of U.S. NCAP

 150 150 Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 3, 2022 CONTACT: Allison Kennedy / Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety / [email protected] / 360-281-7033 (C) Joint Statement on Proposed Update of U.S. New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration…

read more

Statement on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Roadway Safety Strategy

 150 150 Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety

The National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS) released today is a step in the right direction to actively address what U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg has accurately called a “crisis” of rising crash fatalities.  The DOT’s commitment to zero fatalities means zero room for hesitation and inaction.

read more