"NHTSA must be given imminent hazard authority to protect against potentially widespread catastrophic defects with ACMVs, and criminal penalties to ensure manufacturers do not willfully and knowingly put defective ACMVs into the marketplace."
"[t]he staggering number of deaths occurring on our nation's roadways is an ongoing crisis that demands urgent attention."
"NHTSA and FMCSA must be given additional resources, funding and personnel, in order to meet demands being placed on the agency due to the advent of AV technology."
"Improved safety on America's roadways is a critically important goal."
"We need to invest in multi modal options (bike, public transit), and expanding our trail network."
"We owe it to these victims to remember that each number represents a family torn apart by tragedy."
"We are moving in the wrong direction. Traffic fatalities have increased 19 percent since before the pandemic."
"identifying their high injury network where the largest percentage of fatalities/serious injuries are occurring with a focus on equity as well."
"We commend your leadership to address the safety crisis on our nation's roadways."
"As part of the BIL, Congress directed NHTSA to update three key items which will help carry out DOT's National Road Safety Strategy."
"I am proud to say that several of the changes discussed at that hearing became key safety elements of this committee's INVEST in America Act."