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Partner Initiatives
November 30, 2024
General Motors
General Motors (GM) works with GHSA to reduce distracted driving by providing research and resources to State Highway Safety Offices (SHSOs).
Media Coverage
November 29, 2024
State Safety Plan Recommends Lower DUI Limit, Driver Education Reforms
A newly released revamp of Washington State’s Target Zero road safety plan offers policymakers a potential blueprint for reversing the recent trend of increasing traffic fatalities and serious injuries.
Media Coverage
November 27, 2024
Tennessee DOT Updates Strategic Highway Safety Plan
“By signing this plan, we recognize that effective transportation safety relies on a vast network of partners, each playing a critical role,” deputy governor and TDOT commissioner Butch Eley said.
Media Coverage
November 22, 2024
Ohio Offers Lyft Rideshare Credits to Curb Impaired Driving During Thanksgiving
The Ohio Traffic Safety Office is taking proactive measures to ensure safe travel during the Thanksgiving holiday by offering $20 rideshare credits to drivers across the state.
State Highway Safety Showcases
November 20, 2024
Distracted Driving Prevention Grant Results: Washington
With support from General Motors, GHSA awarded the Washington highway safety office a grant to pilot and evaluate a distracted driving prevention project in Pierce County.
State Highway Safety Showcases
November 20, 2024
Distracted Driving Prevention Grant Results: District of Columbia
With support from General Motors, GHSA awarded the District of Columbua highway safety office a grant to address the issue of distracted driving in the nation’s capital.
Media Coverage
November 19, 2024
Gen Z Might Be the Safest Generation of Teen Drivers, Experts Say
When it comes to making teens safer participants on U.S. roads, GHSA's Pam Shadel Fischer says, “The number one thing that’s made a difference is graduated driver licensing. We know that’s the most effective tool in the toolbox.”
Media Coverage
November 6, 2024
Licensed to Drive? Gen Z — and Their Parents — Increasingly Say “No, Thanks” Due to Soaring Costs
“Whether you start driving at 16, 26 or 46,” Fischer says, “you’re still inexperienced.” That’s why graduated licensing exists in the first place — to put up guardrails around new drivers during their most risky years of driving.
News Releases
October 30, 2024
GHSA, Lyft Fund Fall Drunk and Drug-Impaired Driving Prevention Initiatives
GHSA and Lyft help two states promote ride-hailing as an alternative to drunk and drug-imparied driving.
Media Coverage
October 23, 2024
WA Risky Driving Behaviors Analyzed
The Washington Traffic Safety Commission has announced a partnership with Cambridge Mobile Telematics and Michelin Mobility Intelligence to utilize large-scale telematics data aimed at assessing and improving roadway safety across the state.