Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
All media and reporters on deadline, please contact us at (202) 408-1711
January 11, 2012
February 1, 2012
Dangerous House Bill will Allow Overweight, Oversized Trucks on Highways--Diverse Coalition of Labor, Law Enforcement, Safety Groups, AAA, Local Government, Victims and Survivors Oppose Bigger Trucks Bill as Deadly Public Safety Threat.
Click here for statement by Advocates' President Jackie Gillan, and visit the Truck Safety Coalition for the full
Click here for statement by Advocates' President Jackie Gillan, and visit the Truck Safety Coalition for the full
press kit.
February 24, 2012
Safety Groups and Drivers Go to Court Over New Truck Driver Hours of Service Rule--New Rule Fails to Address Driver Fatigue.
Click here for the press release.
Click here for the press release.
March 14, 2012
March 21, 2012
Families, Safety and Consumer Groups, and Bus Drivers Urge Members of Congress to Pass Comprehensive Motorcoach Safety Provisions in the Surface Transportation Bill.
Click here for a copy of the letter.
Click here for a copy of the letter.
March 22, 2012
Advocates' Consumer Co-Chair, Joan Claybrook, testified on March 22, 2012 before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on "Motor Vehicle Safety Provisions in the House and Senate Highway Bills."
Please click here for the statement.
Please click here for the statement.
May 22, 2012
Advocates' President Jackie Gillan's letter to the Editor published in the New York Times calling for the use of electronic onboard recorders (EOBRs) to address fatigue and hours of service violations in the trucking industry.
May 31, 2012
Advocates' joins victims, pediatricians, insurance companies, and members of the United States House of Representatives to urge that Congress keep the safety advances included in the Senate version of the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill, MAP-21.
.jpg)
May 31, 2012
Representative Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) urges colleagues negotiating the Surface Transportation Reauthorization bill to retain the bipartisan Senate passed safety provisions in the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). Calls for bipartisan support of the teen driving issues, particularly the incentive grant program to encourage state adoption of comprehensive teen driving laws.
Please click here for the full statement.
May 31, 2012
Senator John Rockefeller IV (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation applauds the work of parents, safety advocates, and pediatricians in voicing their support for safety improvements that are essential to this legislation.
Please click here for the full statement.
May 31, 2012
Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) releases statement following his participation in Advocates’ press conference reiterating the importance of retaining truck safety provisions in the final Surface Transportation Reauthorization conference committee report.
Please click here for the full statement.
May 31, 2012
Representative Tim Bishop (D-NY) "Highway Bill Must Make Roads Safer in Addition to Creating Jobs." Congressman speaks at Advocates’ press conference and announces his work to include a strong safety agenda in the final Surface Transportation Reauthorization conference committee report.
Please click here for the full statement.
June 10, 2012
June 10, 2012
Brad Brown, co-founder of the West Brook Bus Crash Families group and advocate for motorcoach safety legislation, published in the Washington Post to highlight the importance of the bus safety provisions in the surface transportation reauthorization bill.
Please click here for the letter.
June 19, 2012
Jane Mathis and Jim Portell share their story of personal loss in preventable highway crashes with the Orlando Sentinel and urge passage of the important safety provisions in Senate Bill 1813, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21).
Please click here for the letter to the editor.
June 29, 2012
The Senate and House pass multi-year, multi-billion dollar surface transportation authorization bill that contains important safety advances. These safety provisions will prevent crashes, save lives, reduce injuries, and save taxpayer dollars.
Please click here for the full statement.
July 8, 2012
Advocates' President Jackie Gillan speaks alongside Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and motorcoach safety advocate John Betts to applaud new occupant protection legislation passed in the transportation reauthorization bill.
Please click here for the full article.
January 11, 2012:
February 1, 2012:
Dangerous House Bill will Allow Overweight, Oversized Trucks on Highway
Click here for statement by Advocates' President Jackie Gillan, and visit the Truck Safety Coalition for the full press kit.
September 12, 2012
Statement of Jackie Gillan, President of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, urging Congress to fund bipartisan transportation safety improvements which will result in safer drivers, safer motorcoaches, safer trucks and safer roads.
Please click here for the full statement.
October 20, 2012: Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety Receives National Safety Council Teen Driving Safety Leadership Award
Advocates honored with National Safety Council's 4th Annual Teen Driving Safety Leadership Award for exceptional contributions to preventing car crashes, injuries and deaths involving teen drivers.
Please click here for the full statement.
