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- Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety - An alliance of consumer, health and safety groups and insurance companies and agents working together to make America's roads safer.
www.saferoads.org
- Artificial passenger could make driving safer - Article in New Scientist about an artificial passenger to keep the driver awake.
www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991039
- Citizens For Road Safety - This organization is to save lives and force the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the states to dedicate more time and money to highway safety. Issues of concern are dangerous guardrails and road rage.
www.98.net/roadsafety
- Effects Of Raising And Lowering Speed limits - Research to determine the effects of raising and lowering posted speed limits on driver behavior.
sunsite.unc.edu/rdu/sl-irrel.html
- iFisher.com - Advocacy and letter writing campaign to encourage Honda to install seat belts for larger passengers, and to change federal regulations.
www.ifisher.com
- JENS-Citizens for Safer Highways - The story of a successful highway design safety intervention campaign by a citizens' NGO in Massachusetts. The JENS site also links to helpful sites for accident victims and families.
hometown.aol.com/jenscfsh
- Key Issues Summaries - Includes information on air bags, DWI, drinking and driving, driver education, road rage, speeding tickets, seat belts, speed limits, speed bumps, traffic calming, and red light cameras.
www.motorists.org/info
- Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards - Recognising achievement and innovations which improve road safety.
www.roadsafe.com
- SpeedImpact.org - Australian organisation, based in Victoria, aimed at raising awareness of the dangerous consequences of speeding and driving whilst impaired by use of intoxicants.
www.speedimpact.org
- Traffic Injury Research Foundation - A charitable, independent road safety institute performing original research into the causes of traffic accidents. Publishes the results of its research projects, and makes the reports available to the public.
www.trafficinjuryresearch.com
- Transportation Crisis - An exhortive site calling for less speeding and aggressive driving.
members.tripod.com/~wakup
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