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As a Member of the HALT Coalition, Advocates Asks for Your Help to Stop Drunk Driving

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As a member of the HALT coalition, Advocates asks for your help to stop drunk driving Each year, drunk driving kills nearly 12,000 people and results in hundreds of thousands of injuries. Vehicle safety technology can help to end the…

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CA: State Legislature Has Major Opportunity to Deter Drunk Driving

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Advocates supports Assembly Bill (AB) 2210 to require ignition interlock devices (IID) for all first time convicted drunk drivers, giving California the opportunity to join the 35 states and Washington, DC that have made their roads safer by enacting an…

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Safety Groups Urge Swift Nomination of a New NHTSA Administrator

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Safety group letter sent by Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, AAA, GHSA, MADD and NSC to President Joe Biden (D).

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Statement Opposing Legislation to Stop Impaired Driving Prevention Technology Rulemaking

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Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) strongly opposes legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-SD), Mike Braun (R-IN) and John Cornyn (R-TX), S.4647*, that would eliminate one of the most important safety provisions in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA, Pub. L. 117-58).  The IIJA, which was signed into law last November, directs the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue a rule requiring impaired driving prevention technology in new passenger motor vehicles by 2024.  Research by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) finds that such technology could save more than 9,000 lives every year if widely deployed.  S.4647 would halt progress toward requiring this lifesaving technology as standard equipment and must be rejected by Congress.

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