Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates)
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Media contact: Shane Austin (202) 425-2776
Thank you @governor.ny.gov for supporting including intelligent speed assistance (ISA) for super speeders in the state budget. ISA is proven technology that will save lives. Read our coalition letter here: saferoads.org/2026-ny-isa-...
January 15, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Thank you @governor.ny.gov for supporting including intelligent speed assistance (ISA) for super speeders in the state budget. ISA is proven technology that will save lives. Read our coalition letter here: saferoads.org/2026-ny-isa-...
AZ: Fatal crashes involving drivers ages 15-20 went up 119% from 2014-2023 in Arizona. Per mile driven, teens have crash rates nearly 4x higher than drivers aged 20+. Reducing the instruction permit age to 15 will make roads more dangerous. Read more: saferoads.org/az-2026-gdl-...
AZ: Lowering the Age for Instruction Permits Will Make Roads Less Safe for All | Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Advocates has urged members on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in the Arizona House of Representatives to oppose House Bill (HB) 2003. Th ...
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January 15, 2026 at 10:52 PM
AZ: Fatal crashes involving drivers ages 15-20 went up 119% from 2014-2023 in Arizona. Per mile driven, teens have crash rates nearly 4x higher than drivers aged 20+. Reducing the instruction permit age to 15 will make roads more dangerous. Read more: saferoads.org/az-2026-gdl-...
WA: Traffic fatalities are rising on Washington state roads. Data shows that if all states adopted a .05 % BAC or lower law, fatal alcohol-related crashes are estimated to decline 11%. Now is the time to enact WA House Bill 2362. Read letter: saferoads.org/2026-wa-bac-...
WA: Drunk Driving Deaths Can Be Reduced by Passing Bill to Lower .05 BAC While Driving Limit | Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Advocates joins with safety partners in urging members of the Washington State House Community Safety Committee to support the enactment of House Bill (HB) ...
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January 14, 2026 at 8:53 PM
WA: Traffic fatalities are rising on Washington state roads. Data shows that if all states adopted a .05 % BAC or lower law, fatal alcohol-related crashes are estimated to decline 11%. Now is the time to enact WA House Bill 2362. Read letter: saferoads.org/2026-wa-bac-...
Advocates & safety partners urge advancement of effective vehicle safety policy ahead of hearing at 2pm EST today in House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, & Trade. Media avail at 1pm near Room 2175 of Rayburn House Office Building.
Advocates and Safety Partners Urge Advancement of Effective Vehicle Safety Policy Ahead of House Subcommittee Hearing | Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
In advance of a hearing today in the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade titled, "Examining Legislative Options ...
saferoads.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Advocates & safety partners urge advancement of effective vehicle safety policy ahead of hearing at 2pm EST today in House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, & Trade. Media avail at 1pm near Room 2175 of Rayburn House Office Building.
The Stay in Your Lane Act prioritizes public safety by ensuring vehicles equipped with automated driving systems operate under conditions & roadway scenarios for which they have been designed to safely do so. Thank you @markey.senate.gov & @blumenthal.senate.gov www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...
Sens. Markey and Blumenthal Introduce New Safety Legislation for Self-Driving Cars | U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts
Senator Markey: “Self-driving cars aren’t a danger of the distant future—they are a pressing safety...
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December 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Stay in Your Lane Act prioritizes public safety by ensuring vehicles equipped with automated driving systems operate under conditions & roadway scenarios for which they have been designed to safely do so. Thank you @markey.senate.gov & @blumenthal.senate.gov www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...
WI: Speeding was a factor in 32% of fatal crashes in The Badger State in 2023. We support SB 659/AB 655 to require intelligent speed assistance (ISA) use by specified repeat reckless driving offenders. The tech is proven to curb speeding. Read more:
WI: Legislature Should Advance Bills To Help Combat Deadly Issue of Reckless Driving | Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Advocates has sent letters to both the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety and the Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Governm ...
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December 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
WI: Speeding was a factor in 32% of fatal crashes in The Badger State in 2023. We support SB 659/AB 655 to require intelligent speed assistance (ISA) use by specified repeat reckless driving offenders. The tech is proven to curb speeding. Read more:
Missed the release of the 2026 Roadmap to Safety report? See how your state rates on roadway safety. Find the full report & press event at saferoads.org.
December 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Missed the release of the 2026 Roadmap to Safety report? See how your state rates on roadway safety. Find the full report & press event at saferoads.org.
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TRAFFIC SAFETY: Florida was categorized as a "caution" state in a newly released report on road safety and traffic laws across the country. https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/florida-ranked-caution-state-in-traffic-report-by-national-advocates/
December 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
TRAFFIC SAFETY: Florida was categorized as a "caution" state in a newly released report on road safety and traffic laws across the country. https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/florida-ranked-caution-state-in-traffic-report-by-national-advocates/
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A new report rating highway safety across the country is recommending that New Hampshire adopt some new rules of the road.
Advocates say seat belt, helmet, booster seat laws would improve highway safety in NH
A new report rating highway safety across the country is recommending that New Hampshire adopt some new rules of the road.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A new report rating highway safety across the country is recommending that New Hampshire adopt some new rules of the road.
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As Congress gears up to reauthorize America's surface transportation programs, advocates are calling on federal lawmakers to reinforce state laws that keep residents safer on the road — whether they're driving or not.
Advocates Push for Safety in Next Surface Transportation Reauthorization — Streetsblog USA
A much-anticipated annual survey of state road safety laws called on federal lawmakers to back up their colleagues work.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
As Congress gears up to reauthorize America's surface transportation programs, advocates are calling on federal lawmakers to reinforce state laws that keep residents safer on the road — whether they're driving or not.
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DC and Maryland lead in traffic safety — but Virginia lags behind
DC and Maryland lead in traffic safety — but Virginia lags behind
When it comes to laws aimed at keeping drivers and passengers safe, D.C. and Maryland are ahead of Virginia, according to a new report from Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety. But all three jurisdictions have room to improve.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
DC and Maryland lead in traffic safety — but Virginia lags behind
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Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety gave Connecticut credit for allowing cities and towns to install speed and red-light cameras.
New report says CT’s traffic laws don’t go far enough to protect drivers and kids
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety gave Connecticut credit for allowing cities and towns to install speed and red-light cameras.
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December 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety gave Connecticut credit for allowing cities and towns to install speed and red-light cameras.
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Kansas congressman highlights bipartisan drunk driving bill as state receives mediocre safety rating | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas congressman highlights bipartisan drunk driving bill as state receives mediocre safety rating • Kansas Reflector
s a representative of 60 mostly rural Kansas counties, U.S. Rep. Tracey Mann said road safety is not an abstract policy concept.“For me, it’s personal,” the Republican said in recorded remarks at a We...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Kansas congressman highlights bipartisan drunk driving bill as state receives mediocre safety rating | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg
Thank you, @repchrispappas.bsky.social for joining us this morning to help unveil the 2026 Roadmap to Safety report and for your leadership to end drunk driving crashes. Read the full report, including all 50 state ratings + DC at saferoads.org
Great to join Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety President Cathy Chase, advocates, and law enforcement officers this morning for a press conference on strengthening road safety and to talk about my End DWI Act, bipartisan legislation to combat drunk driving and prevent repeated offenses.
December 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Thank you, @repchrispappas.bsky.social for joining us this morning to help unveil the 2026 Roadmap to Safety report and for your leadership to end drunk driving crashes. Read the full report, including all 50 state ratings + DC at saferoads.org
WATCH LIVE: Join us TODAY at 10:00 AM ET for the release of the 2026 Roadmap to Safety report. Register for the webcast now at saferoads.org.
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety is an alliance of consumer, medical, public health, law enforcement, and safety groups and insurance companies and agents working together to make America’s roads...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
WATCH LIVE: Join us TODAY at 10:00 AM ET for the release of the 2026 Roadmap to Safety report. Register for the webcast now at saferoads.org.
TOMORROW at 10AM ET join us for the release of our 2026 Roadmap to Safety. It outlines actions states & the fed. gov't should take to reduce the unacceptable & preventable toll of fatalities & injuries from motor vehicle crashes.
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety is an alliance of consumer, medical, public health, law enforcement, and safety groups and insurance companies and agents working together to make America’s roads...
saferoads.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
TOMORROW at 10AM ET join us for the release of our 2026 Roadmap to Safety. It outlines actions states & the fed. gov't should take to reduce the unacceptable & preventable toll of fatalities & injuries from motor vehicle crashes.
IT'S HAPPENING! We are releasing our 2026 Roadmap to Safety report on Wednesday (12/3) at 10am ET. Be sure to tune in LIVE at saferoads.org to see how your state rates on traffic safety laws. View Media Alert here: saferoads.org/wp-content/u...
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety is an alliance of consumer, medical, public health, law enforcement, and safety groups and insurance companies and agents working together to make America’s roads...
saferoads.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
IT'S HAPPENING! We are releasing our 2026 Roadmap to Safety report on Wednesday (12/3) at 10am ET. Be sure to tune in LIVE at saferoads.org to see how your state rates on traffic safety laws. View Media Alert here: saferoads.org/wp-content/u...
🚨 NEW: How safe are your state’s roads?
We’re unveiling the 2026 Roadmap to Safety report cards rating all 50 states + DC on lifesaving traffic safety laws. See who’s leading, who’s lagging — and why it matters.
Media Alert on our website: www.saferoads.org
#TrafficSafety
We’re unveiling the 2026 Roadmap to Safety report cards rating all 50 states + DC on lifesaving traffic safety laws. See who’s leading, who’s lagging — and why it matters.
Media Alert on our website: www.saferoads.org
#TrafficSafety
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety is an alliance of consumer, medical, public health, law enforcement, and safety groups and insurance companies and agents working together to make America’s roads...
www.saferoads.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
🚨 NEW: How safe are your state’s roads?
We’re unveiling the 2026 Roadmap to Safety report cards rating all 50 states + DC on lifesaving traffic safety laws. See who’s leading, who’s lagging — and why it matters.
Media Alert on our website: www.saferoads.org
#TrafficSafety
We’re unveiling the 2026 Roadmap to Safety report cards rating all 50 states + DC on lifesaving traffic safety laws. See who’s leading, who’s lagging — and why it matters.
Media Alert on our website: www.saferoads.org
#TrafficSafety
Drivers ages 21-34 (37%) had the highest rate of involvement in fatal drunk-driving crashes on Thanksgiving 2023. Help save lives this year by reminding your guests, no matter their age, to never drive when impaired by alcohol or other substances.
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Drivers ages 21-34 (37%) had the highest rate of involvement in fatal drunk-driving crashes on Thanksgiving 2023. Help save lives this year by reminding your guests, no matter their age, to never drive when impaired by alcohol or other substances.
In 2024, an estimated 39,345 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes (NHTSA estimate). Join us 12/3 at 10:00 AM ET as we release our 2026 Roadmap to Safety report that outlines actions states & the fed gov’t must take to address this crisis. Learn more at www.saferoads.org
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety is an alliance of consumer, medical, public health, law enforcement, and safety groups and insurance companies and agents working together to make America’s roads...
www.saferoads.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
In 2024, an estimated 39,345 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes (NHTSA estimate). Join us 12/3 at 10:00 AM ET as we release our 2026 Roadmap to Safety report that outlines actions states & the fed gov’t must take to address this crisis. Learn more at www.saferoads.org
We are encouraged by NHTSA's announcement to advance female crash test dummies & agree with Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) & @duckworth.senate.gov that more progress is needed to save lives & reduce injuries on our roadways.
Federal government to require car companies to use female crash test dummies
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy unveiled an advanced female crash test dummy — the THOR-05F — on Thursday.
www.nbcnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We are encouraged by NHTSA's announcement to advance female crash test dummies & agree with Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) & @duckworth.senate.gov that more progress is needed to save lives & reduce injuries on our roadways.
Updated Statement: "Advocates opposes all efforts to preempt state actions on artificial intelligence (AI). State actions on AI, which include issuing and maintaining protections for autonomous vehicle (AV) operations, should not be undermined.."
November 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Updated Statement: "Advocates opposes all efforts to preempt state actions on artificial intelligence (AI). State actions on AI, which include issuing and maintaining protections for autonomous vehicle (AV) operations, should not be undermined.."
We oppose including language to preempt state actions on artificial intelligence (AI) in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026. Read our full statement:
Statement on Potential Provisions to Hamper State Actions to Ensure Safe Use of AI in NDAA | Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Contact: Shane Austin saustin@saferoads.org 202.425.2776 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement by Cathy Chase, President of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety ...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
We oppose including language to preempt state actions on artificial intelligence (AI) in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026. Read our full statement:
Sending our deepest condolences to the Harsha family and @ghsahq.bsky.social team. Barb was a devoted and fearless safety leader whose work resulted in countless lives saved and injuries prevented on our nation’s roadways.
GHSA, Roadway Safety Community Mourn Passing of Barbara Harsha
Harsha, who served became GHSA’s Executive Director in 1988 and retired in 2013, leaves behind a long list of accomplishments and a lasting positive impact on roadway safety.
www.ghsa.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Sending our deepest condolences to the Harsha family and @ghsahq.bsky.social team. Barb was a devoted and fearless safety leader whose work resulted in countless lives saved and injuries prevented on our nation’s roadways.
SAVE THE DATE: Join us for a LIVE press event at saferoads.org on 12/3 at 10:00 AM ET to release the 2026 Roadmap to Safety report. It will rate states & D.C. on progress toward adoption of safety laws & provisions proven to save lives, reduce injuries & contain costs.
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety is an alliance of consumer, medical, public health, law enforcement, and safety groups and insurance companies and agents working together to make America’s roads...
saferoads.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
SAVE THE DATE: Join us for a LIVE press event at saferoads.org on 12/3 at 10:00 AM ET to release the 2026 Roadmap to Safety report. It will rate states & D.C. on progress toward adoption of safety laws & provisions proven to save lives, reduce injuries & contain costs.