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Statement of Cathy Chase, President, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates), on Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Lighted Crosswalk Research

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Contact: Shane Austin saustin@saferoads.org 202.425.2776 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement of Cathy Chase, President, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates), on Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Lighted Crosswalk Research Washington, DC, July 30, 2024 | Today, the Insurance Institute…

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NY: Advocates Urges New York Leaders to Enact Sammy’s Law

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Advocates is calling on New York leaders to enact “Sammy’s Law” as part of this year’s budget process. This measure will improve safety by permitting New York City to decrease speed limits from 25 to 20 miles per hour (mph)…

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Statement on Proven Protections for Child Passengers and Road Users

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Statement of Cathy Chase, President, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety: Child Passenger Safety Week 2023 | September 17-23 

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Statement on New Research Showing Large Passenger Vehicle Dangers to Pedestrians in Intersections

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Walking across the street should not be a death-defying act.  The data presented by IIHS strengthens the case for adoption of the Safe System Approach to protect pedestrians and other vulnerable road users (VRUs), especially given trends in the U.S. passenger fleet toward larger vehicles and the historically high number of pedestrians killed in 2020, 6,500.

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