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Letter: On Pennsylvania Distracted Driving Bill SB 37

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September 21, 2023

Advocates provided input on Senate Bill (SB) 37 which would make changes to Pennsylvania’s distracted driving law. Read full letter here.

UPDATED: Statement by Cathy Chase, President, On Distracted Driving Awareness Month – New data

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April 3, 2023

Media Contact: Helen Jonsen hjonsen@saferoads.org 202-977-7534 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UPDATED: Statement by Cathy Chase, President, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, On Distracted Driving Awareness Month Includes newly released statistics on distracted driving deaths from the National Highway Traffic…

Advocates’ Letter of Support to Missouri Senate Transportation Committee on SB 61

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February 8, 2023

Read Advocates’ letter to the Missouri State Senate Transportation Committee in support of Senate Bill 61.

Advocates Urges Alabama to Upgrade its Distracted Driving Law

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February 22, 2022

On February 22, 2022, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) sent a letter to the leadership of the Alabama House of Representatives urging lawmakers to upgrade the state’s distracted driving laws. While Alabama has taken steps to deter this deadly conduct by enacting a prohibition on texting behind the wheel and on the use of devices by novice, young drivers, more can and should be done to reduce the prevalence of visual, manual and cognitive driver distraction caused by device use.