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Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety Media contact: Shane Austin (202) 425-2776

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RT @MelissaWandall: #DYK More than 4.2 million drivers ran red lights in 2021. #StopOnRed2025 #SafeStopsStrongerCommunities https://t.co/….
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Thank you to @RepDebDingell @SenRickScott @SenCapito @SenatorLujan for your steadfast support of the #HaltAct to require impaired driving prevention technology in all new cars, action that is projected to save 10k lives per year once widely deployed. 4/4.
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Thank you to @RepJoeNeguse for introducing the Magnus White Cyclist Safety Act to update AEB safety standards to also detect & respond to bicycle & motorcycle riders. 3/4.
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Thank you @janschakowsky @SenDuckworth & @SenatorDurbin for your leadership in securing language in the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA) to require @NHTSAgov to issue safety standards for automatic emergency braking (AEB) with pedestrian detection in new vehicles. 2/4.
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"Significant obstacles prevent this from being a feasible solution." Reducing crash fatalities and injuries requires a multi-faceted approach. Read more from our letter-to-the-editor in @washingtonpost 1/4
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"What’s needed isn’t more laws or fines. The standards for passing road tests clearly need to be ramped up.". The latest from Josh Max:
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Thank you @SaferRoadsUSA for your work during this National Stop on Red Week and all year to end deadly red light running. Solutions like red light safety cameras should be used in every state to save lives.
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In 2025, we stop for change. It’s National Stop on Red Week. Every light. Every life. Every time. #StopOnRed2025. Join the movement. Spread the message! #SafeStopsStrongerCommunities #VisionZero #IntersectionSafety #RedLightSafetyCameras
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MN: Implementing speed safety cameras in Mendota Heights today & Minneapolis in the fall will save lives. With fatalities up 13% from 2014 to 2023, this proven safety tech is needed We applaud the Legislature & @GovTimWalz for making this happen.
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CA: We urge the Senate Approps. Cmte. to advance SB 572. The bill requires manufacturers of vehicles equipped w/ Level 2 advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) to report collisions to the DMV if the federal requirement to do so is rescinded. Read more:
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CA: Roadway workers risk their lives performing their duties every day. Curbing speed in work zones improves safety for workers & motorists. We urge the Senate Approps Cmte to advance AB 289 to authorize use of speed safety cameras in work zones.
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In a letter to the California Senate Appropriations Committee, Advocates has offered support of Assembly Bill (AB) 289 to authorize a pilot program allowing ...
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CA: With drunk driving fatalities up 40% from 2019 to 2023 action is urgently needed. Enacting AB 366 to create a permanent all-offender ignition interlock device (IID) law will bring a proven tool used in most states to the Golden State. Read more:
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See our statement in opposition to federal driverless truck and driverless car legislation. Absent safety regulations, all road users are imperiled.
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Contact: Shane Austin [email protected] 202.425.2776 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement of Cathy Chase, President, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (A ...
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Since 2009, the number of fatalities in large truck crashes has increased by 62%. Read our letter outlining proven solutions to save lives ahead of tomorrow's hearing in the Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety:
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Ahead of a hearing tomorrow in the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety, Advoc ...
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"Robust data is essential to evaluate performance, detect safety defects & inform sound policy. Advocates commends @RepKevinMullin for his safety leadership and innovative thinking to introduce this bill & urges Congress to advance it."
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Washington, D.C. – In response to federal regulators weakening oversight as more driverless cars hit the roads, Rep. Kevin Mullin (CA-15) introduced a bill to require more robust safety data from...
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@SafeRoadsNow
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Thank you @SenatorLujan for your leadership to urge @NHTSAgov to complete the impaired driving prevention technology requirement in the #HALTAct and to require truck side underride guards that protect all road users and to reduce truck crashes.
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Thank you @RepLauraGillen & @RepBresnahan for introducing the bipartisan Traffic Safety Enhancement Act of 2025 to fund construction of roundabouts, a critical tool in our safety arsenal. They reduce severe crashes by eliminating dangerous conflict points.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (D-NY-04) and Congressman Rob Bresnahan (R-PA-08), members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, announced the release of H.R....
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"Over 8,000 people are still projected to have died on U.S. roads in just three months. While any reduction in deaths on our roadways is a positive development, so many more lives can be spared." Read our statement:
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Contact: Shane Austin [email protected] 202.425.2776 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement by Cathy Chase, President of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety ...
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New data show a notable decrease in people killed in crashes in the first 3 months of the year — the lowest quarterly estimation in 6 years — but we still have more work to do. Read more:
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AZ: We applaud @GovernorHobbs for vetoing SB 1019 to continue use of speed & red light safety cameras. This proven technology saves lives. With speeding related traffic fatalities up 67% from 2014-2023, retaining safety cameras is essential.
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CA: From 2014-2023 there were 852 fatalities & 779 fatal crashes in work zones in CA. The Senate can enhance work zone safety by passing AB 289 to extend use of speed safety cameras and protect roadway workers. Read our letter to the Transportation Cmte.:
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MA: Fatalities involving speeding increased 33% in a decade & speeding is a factor in 1/3 of all traffic fatalities. Automated enforcement is proven to reduce these tragedies & should be allowed & used in the Bay State. Read more on bills we support:
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Advocates has sent a letter of support to the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security in the Massachusetts Legislature for Senate Bill (SB) 1 ...
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AZ: Speeding related fatalities increased 67% from 2014-2023. Speed & red light safety cameras are proven to save lives. We urge @GovernorHobbs to veto SB 1019 & preserve these vital safety tools. Read more:
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Advocates has called on Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs to veto Senate Bill (SB) 1019. SB 1019 prohibits the use of automated enforcement (AE) systems, an effe ...
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