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Motorcycle
Helmet Fact Sheet
Top
Ten Reasons Your State Needs An All-Rider Motorcycle Helmet
Law
August
6, 2007
Advocates
Judith Stone on Release of National Campaign To Stop Red Light
Running Report: Focus On Safety
View
The Report Here
July
23, 2007
Advocates
Judith Stone on NHTSA Release of Annual Motor Vehicle Fatality
Data
June
20, 2007
New Study, Report Card
and Poll Point to Mexican Truck Safety Neglect
June
19, 2007
Congress
Prods NHTSA for Strong Safety Rulemakings
Letter
From Congress To NHTSA Administrator Nicole Nason
June
7, 2007
Advocates
President Judith Stone On Culture of Speeding In America on
NPR
May
25, 2007
Advocates
Disappointed and Disturbed at Release of Annual Motor Vehicle
Fatality Data
May
16, 2007
Child
Safety Advocates and Consumer Groups Applaud Senate Committee
Action Today to Stop Deaths and Injuries of Children Due to
Motor Vehicle Design Flaws
May
15, 2007
House
Votes to Require Bush Administration's NAFTA Trucks Proposal
to Comply With Congressional Safety Mandates
April
2, 2007
Advocates
Urges States to Adopt Highway Safety Legislation During National
Public Health Week
March
22, 2007
Senate
Committee Puts the Brakes on Dangerous Trucks from Mexico
February
23, 2007
Auto
Safety Organizations Urge Congressional Oversight Hearings on
Opening Southern Border to Mexican-Domiciled, Long-Haul Trucks
January
8, 2007
Advocates
Releases New Report Highlighting Gaps in State Highway Safety
Laws
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Here To View Report
November
14, 2006
Safety
Groups Respond to NHTSA Report on Vehicle Backover. Study Supports
Need for Passage of HR 2230 & S. 1948
September
14, 2006
Auto
Safety Agency Response to Congressional Mandate Is Significant
Stride Toward Curbing Burgeoning Rollover Problem
September
6, 2006
Safety
Groups, Survivor Advocates, and Members of Congress Urge Passage
of Safety Law Requiring Federal Response
August
22, 2006
Statement
on Release of Fatality Figures for 2005 Motor Vehicle Crashes
July
11, 2006
Letter
To The Editor, Wall Street Journal, In Response To "Safe
At Any Speed"
Wall
Street Journal Editorial: Safe At Any Speed
June
23, 2006
Advocates
Applauds Michigan Governor Granholm For Vetoing Legislation
Repealing Michigan's All-Rider Motorcycle Helmet Law
Letter
To Governor Granholm
May
24, 2006
Highway
Safety Groups Urge Texas Transportation Commission To Maintain
Speed Limit
May
16, 2006
Consumer,
Health, Safety, Auto And Insurance Groups Urge House Appropriations
To Fully Fund FARS and NASS Programs
April
12, 2006
Safety
Groups Win Decision to Make Power Windows Less Dangerous for
Children, But Government Says “No” to Fail Safe Technology
to Eliminate Problem
April
6, 2006
Advocates
for Highway and Auto Safety Urges Missouri Legislators to Maintain
Existing All-Rider Motorcycle Helmet Law
March 28, 2006
Advocates
for Highway and Auto Safety Tells Congress the Large Truck Crash
Causation Study is Severely Flawed
March
2, 2006
Advocates
Testifies Before Congress on Safety of Curbside Motorcoaches
CLICK
HERE FOR COMPLETE TESTIMONY
February
27, 2006
Trucker
Hours-of-Service Rule Creates Hazard, Allows Drivers on Road
for Too Many Hours, Safety Groups and Teamsters Tell Court
January 31, 2006
Farmers
Insurance Group Joins Board of Directors of Advocates for Highway
and Auto Safety
January
5, 2006
State
Legislatures are Parking Lots for Lifesaving Traffic Safety
Laws New Study Finds Most States Still Lack Basic Occupant Protection,
Drunk Driving, Child Safety and Teen Driving Laws
CLICK
HERE FOR 2006 ROADMAP REPORT
December
3, 2005
US Court
of Appeals Unanimously Rules in Favor of Advocates in Lawsuit
Against FMCSA Rule on Entry-Level Level of Training for Commercial
Operators
November 1, 2005
Action
Needed to Support Wisconsin AB 618 and SB 305 and Protect Child
Passengers
October
19, 2005
Advocates
Supports Massachusetts HB 229, Primary Enforcement of Seat Belts
September
30, 2005
Advocates
Statement on the Release of National Occupant Protection Survey
September
27, 2005
Advocates
To Recognize Key Legislators for Improvements in Highway Bill
September
26, 2005
Advocates
Files Hours of Service Final Rule Petition for Reconsideration
September
6, 2005
Advocates Opposes
California AB 417 - "Alco-pops Bill"
Unfortunately, this bill won approval in the House. The governor
is expected to sign it into law.
August
26, 2005
Advocates
Supports North Carolina SB 774 (Seatbelt Enhancements)
Due to conflicting legislative priorities, this bill was withdrawn
at the last minute by its sponsor, Bill Purcell, in the hopes
of re-introducing it again during the second half of the legislative
session in 2006.
August
19, 2005
Statement
on FMCSA Hours of Service Rule for Truck Drivers
August
1 , 2005
Statement
on Release of Fatality Figures for 2004 Motor Vehicle Crashes
July
29, 2005
Advocates
Lauds Congressional Leadership Upon Passage Of Extensive Highway
And Auto Safety Advances
July
15, 2005
Action
Needed: OPPOSE Amendments to HR 3 That Will Weaken Truck Safety
and Truck Driver Health
July
15, 2005
Gov.
Blagojevich signs laws to protect
teenage drivers and their passengers
July
7, 2005
Action Needed
to Keep Safety Provisions in "SAFETEA" Legislation
June
27, 2005
Action
Needed to Restrict Teen Cell Phone Use in California and Protect
Teen Lives
June
15, 2005
South Carolina Passes Primary Enforcement Seat Belt Law.
Letter
To Bill Sponsor
Letter
To Governor
May
17, 2005
Senate
Passes Transportation Bill with Strong Safety Agenda
May
5, 2005 Statement
on Teen Driving in Connecticut with Senator Dodd
April
28, 2005 GAO
Report on New Car Assessment Program (NCAP)
April
21, 2005 Statement
on Preliminary Highway Death Data
April
14, 2005 Strong
Auto Safety Bill Adopted by Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation
Committee
March
17, 2005
Advocates Congratulates Passage of Teen Driver Safety Bills
By the Maryland House of Delegates
March
9, 2005 Advocates
Applauds Congressional Rejections Of Anti-Truck Safety Amendments
To Surface Transportation Bill
February
10, 2005 Protect
Maryland's Motorcycle Helmet Law
December
16, 2004
As Record Number Of Families Take To The Highways This Holiday
Season New Report Shows Shocking Disparity Among States In
Basic Highway Safety Laws
December
15, 2004 Media
Alert - Each State To Receive Rating Based On Progress In
Adopting 14 Basic Highway Safety Laws
November
30, 2004 National
Black Caucus of State Legislators Recognized For Highway Safety
Leadership
November
23, 2004 Olver
Amendment Retained In Omnibus Appropriations Legislation
October
21, 2004 Children
Still At Risk: Power Window Rule Challenged By Consumer Auto
And Child Safety Groups
October
4, 2004
3
Million Traffic Deaths and Growing
September
22, 2004 Victory
For Safety, Congress Says NO To Unsafe Foreign Trucks
September
17, 2004 Congress
Could Increase Seat Belt Use More Rapidly By Passing a National
Seat Belt Law
September
15, 2004 44
U.S. Senators urge passage of life-saving motor vehicle safety
provisions
August
25, 2004 Advocates
Demands GM Pull Ad Of Children Driving Corvettes
August
10, 2004 2003
Highway Fatalities Still At Record Levels
July
16, 2004
Victory
For Truck Safety
July
12, 2004 New
Lou Harris Poll Shows Near Unanimous Support For Gov't Action
To Improve Vehicle Safety Standards To Stem Rising Tide Of Deaths
July
1, 2004 Advocates
Congratulates the Delaware Legislature on Becoming 50th State
to Pass .08% BAC Law
June
18, 2004 Advocates
Commends Louisiana for Reinstatement of Motorcycle Helmet Law
May
24, 2004 Motorcycle
Helmets Make $en$e for all of us
May
20, 2004 Tennessee
State Legislature Passes
Lifesaving Seat Belt Bill
April
28, 2004 Highway
Fatality Data Released Today - 43,220 People Killed - Highest
since 1990
April
13, 2004 Victory
in Maryland - Motorcycle Helmets Continue to Save Lives
March
23, 2004
Lawmakers Must Enact Top 10 Auto Safety Protections
- Victims
and Safety Groups Press for Passage of Vital Safety Legislation
February
9, 2004 Senators
Warner, Clinton, DeWine and Broad-based Safety Coalition Call
for Passage of National Seat Belt Legislation
January
8, 2004 Advocates
Releases State Highway Safety Laws Report
December
10, 2003
Advocates Applauds DOT Secretary's Call to Enact National Primary
Seat Belt Laws
December
9, 2003 Senators
Warner, Clinton Introduce Legislation to Enact National Primary
Enforcement Seat Belt Law; Coalitions Lend Support
