State Safety Group Urges Congress To Boost Highway Safety Program

摘要

The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) has called on Congress to enhance and alter the federal highway safety program as it begins work on the highway bill authorization. GHSA also announced its support of an ambitious new campaign-Toward Zero Deaths: Every Life Counts. The association is a nonprofit group representing state highway safety offices. Congress is expected to begin work soon on the nearly $300 billion highway authorization bill (the current authorization expires in September). Says GHSA Chairman Vernon F. Betkey Jr.: "We know that highway deaths are preventable, and with an increase of attention and funding, the more than 40,000 families who lose loved ones each year in crashes can be spared this emotional and financial hardship."