Families for Safe Streets National
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We've lost loved ones or been injured in a car crash. We're confronting traffic violence across the country through advocacy and support.
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Joined January 2021
Thank you to our member Tammy McGee for her powerful testimony in support of Virginia HB 2096 HB 2096 would allow judges to require drivers convicted of reckless driving, racing, or speeding-related license suspensions to install and use intelligent speed assistance (ISA) tech.
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RT @WalkBikeTampa: What a powerful and thought-provoking event with @Fam4SafeStreets & @880Cities! From #40000Fatalities #Heartbreak #StopS…
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ICYMI: Anti-speeding tech works and will save lives. #StopSuperSpeeders
Today I joined @NYC_SafeStreets to test drive a car with ISA speed-limiting tech. The drive was smooth, easy, and most importantly: safe. My bill would require these life-saving speed limiters in the vehicles of repeatedly reckless drivers. Learn more:
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“This kind of proactive approach may have saved Alexis” FSS Jason Hicks in support of VA HB 2096. Jason’s daughter was struck and killed by a hit and run driver in 2022. VA HB 2096 would allow judges to require ISA for the most reckless of drivers.
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FSS member, Jason Hicks: "We have the tech to prevent reckless drivers from causing tragedies such as the one that devastated my family. I’ve worked for more than two decades in law enforcement and...this bill will prevent senseless deaths." #HB2096
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A small percentage of habitual, worst-of-the-worst speeders endanger our communities everyday. Let's take action, together. #StopSuperSpeeders: Help us Save Lives! via @Change
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Join @jlrhart from @SafeStreetsDC and @Penalosa_G this Wednesday, alongside @WalkBikeTampa @880Cities at the Gulf Coast Safe Streets Summit. Register here:
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.@SDSafeStreets founder, Laura Keenan, was given a community leadership award by @10News for transforming pain into purpose, and fighting for safe streets in California. cc: @CirculateSD @sdbikecoalition See story here:
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RT @NYC_SafeStreets: Anti-speeding tech has officially been upgraded by @NYCDCAS from a "studied" technology to a "best practice". A small…
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RT @Visionzeronet: Getting buy-in to prioritize #SafetyOverSpeed can be tough, but it can be done. And we’ve got your back. Our new resourc…
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Read Tammy McGee's op-ed about her son, Conner, here: Read more about the bill here:
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🚨A new report from @TransAlt highlights a troubling increase in child fatalities on NYC streets, rising over 30% this year. Half of these children were killed walking or biking. This past year is tied with 2022 for highest levels of child fatalties since 2014.
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20mph speed limits saved 100 lives in Wales last year and led to lowest number of casualties in a three month period since record keeping began. We know what works, we just need to do it.
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FSS David Sale testifies in support of Washington HB 1596. His daughter, Danielle, was killed by a driver while in a crosswalk. HB 1596 would create an Intelligent Speed Assistance program for the most reckless drivers—those causing the most fatalities and injuries on our roads
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RT @GellerAlys8413: @Fam4SafeStreets Join us for an indoor Forest Bathing meditation led by instructor Erika DiPasquale. All you need is a…
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