The Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety called on the federal government to withhold federal dollars to the states to push standardization of highway rules, noting that many jurisdictions have failed to enact safety laws proven to save lives.
The group, a coalition of insurance, consumer, health, safety and law enforcement organizations advocating vehicle safety laws, programs and policies, today released its sixth annual "2009 Roadmap to State Highway Safety Laws."
The group found that no state in the nation has adopted all 15 "proven-effective measures to reduce traffic crash deaths and injuries," and few enacted new laws toward that goal.
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