WASHINGTON — Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) recently bestowed awards upon a number people who have championed roadway safety during their 35th anniversary celebration. Members of Congress, federal and state government leaders, and citizen activists who have fought tirelessly to achieve safe vehicles, safe road users and safe roadway environments were honored for their efforts at a reception on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
S.C. State Sen. Brad Hutto (D) was also among those celebrated for contributions to safety with a Highway Safety Hero award.
The Senator Frank R. Lautenberg Highway Safety Leadership Award, first commissioned in 2014 to honor the late Senator’s lifesaving legacy, was presented to the Office of The Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation, U.S. Sens. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) for the issuance of a Final Rule requiring new vehicles to be equipped with automatic emergency braking (AEB) with pedestrian detection.
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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has found this technology holds remarkable promise to reduce crashes. This requirement will ensure that more families have access to the safest braking systems more quickly and that it meets a government safety standard. Advocates also presented a Highway Safety Hero – Lifetime Achievement Award to three Members of Congress for their impressive tenure working on behalf of safety throughout their time in public service: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Banking Committee, U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), Chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer.
Additionally, Advocates presented Highway Safety Hero awards to members of Congress for their oversight of the directives in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA, Pub. L. 117-58) and other safety efforts. Awardees are U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and U.S. Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-MI), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD).
Others were celebrated for their contributions to safety with a Highway Safety Hero award including National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy, State Sens. Javier L. Cervantes (D-IL), Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez (D-NJ), Donovan Fenton (D-NH) Brad Hutto (D-SC) and Dean Rummel (R-ND), State Representatives/Assemblymembers Rep.-Elect Laura Friedman (D-CA), Jeff Johnson (R-SC), Michael J. Kelly (D-IL), Weston Newton (R-SC), Samantha Sencer-Mura (D-MN) and G. Murrell Smith Jr. (R-SC), and Mercer County Executive Dan Benson (D-NJ).
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