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On the recordMarch 14, 2016
We know that over 38,000 people died on our highways last year, and your companies are developing technologies that could very well dramatically reduce that number.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Peters highlights the importance of technology in reducing highway fatalities.

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