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Since it was formed in 1902, AAA has actively represented the interests of motorists and other travelers. We have fought for Federal legislation that established the Department of Transportation, route signs on highways, and the highway system. We continue to advocate for safer roads and vehicles, better educated drivers and the rights of the traveler.
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AAA supports President Obama's effort to focus on transportation investment as a positive way to further accelerate economic recovery and enhance our nation's global competitiveness.
“I’m pleased that the Senate today took action to combat distracted driving. Most of the components of the bill under consideration align with an approach AAA advocated to Congress last October, including incentive grants for enactment of texting while driving bans, a national education program, and expanded research.
Most parents rank safety as their top consideration when buying a car seat for their child, yet the majority of them don’t know how long their child should ride in it or the best place to install it, according to a recent survey by AAA and Dorel Juvenile Group.
Today, a House Committee gave further consideration to the Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010, legislation responding to crashes associated with recently-reported vehicle failures.
Today marks the start of National Work Zone Awareness Week and AAA urges motorists to use caution and drive safely when approaching and driving through work zones as most people injured or killed in work zone crashes – approximately four out of every five – are drivers or passengers.
Top AAA School Safety Patrol members travel to nation’s capital to mark 90th anniversary of the largest safety program in the world with 585,000 patrollers in 30,000 schools nationwide
Today, Congress has let the American people down. By their inaction, funding for transportation programs across the country will be put in jeopardy next week.
As state legislatures convene across the country for their 2010 sessions, AAA looks to build on a relatively successful campaign of traffic safety law improvements last year.
A critical component of any comprehensive safety approach involves legislative action,” says AAA. However, other elements such as research, data collection, public education, law enforcement and roadway countermeasures are also needed in order to change behavior and reduce the severity of any future distracted driving crashes.
A federal court in Pennsylvania has entered a judgment on behalf of The American Automobile Association, Inc. (AAA), transferring the valuable AAA.NET domain name to AAA and permanently enjoining a known cybersquatter from registering, trafficking, or using domain names confusingly similar to AAA’s registered trademarks.
It’s back-to-school season across the U.S. with 56 million students expected to enroll in kindergarten through high school classes at more than 98,000 schools this year. That many students returning to school will mean increased congestion on the roadways and the need for motorists to use extra caution.
Increased funding for transportation projects means drivers can expect increased road and bridge construction activity during this year’s summer driving season
AAA honors students’ lifesaving heroics while on duty as AAA School Safety Patrollers with prestigious award; visits to White House, U.S. Capitol; behind-the-scenes view of FBI
Association’s DUI JusticeLink Web site is clearinghouse of information and resources for criminal justice professionals created to assist in the reduction of drunken driving in the U.S.
In the near term, transportation investments will provide an economic boost to the nation's economy and we support your efforts to include funding for transportation in the stimulus package early next year.
Most parents know it’s important to child proof their home. However, AAA reminds parents, grandparents and other caretakers that child proofing their vehicles is equally important.
AAA is urging U.S. residents who plan to drive while traveling abroad to avoid purchasing fraudulent International Driving Permits (IDP), especially over the Internet.
This week marks the 80th anniversary of the establishment of AAA’s national traffic safety programs, which have helped teach generations of children and adults how to be safer drivers and protect them from crashes.
AAA – the nation’s largest organization for motorists and other travelers – today announced the appointment of Kathleen F. Marvaso to the position of vice president of AAA Public Affairs.
AAA will announce the findings of a landmark, new study comparing the costs associated with traffic crashes with the costs of congestion to determine which problem has the greatest economic impact on our society.
Thirty years after the enactment of the nation’s first child safety seat law, a new survey shows parents strongly support child safety seats and child seat laws.
Retirement Living TV (RLTV), the first network for people 55+, and AAA are two companies that are truly committed to the safety and well being of mature adults.
AAA has teamed up with International Speedway Corporation (ISC) to remind race fans at upcoming NEXTEL Cup Series events that School’s Open—Drive Carefully.
AAA is urging the adult children of older Americans to use the upcoming Mother’s Day (May 12th) and Father’s Day (June 17th) to talk to their aging parents about driver safety. The message came as AAA announced a new program to help reduce senior crashes and the injuries and deaths that result.
Caleb Jarrell and Taylor Pitzer of Kettering, Ohio were named the 2007 recipients of the AAA Lifesaving Award. Chosen from the nation’s 550,000 members of the AAA School Safety Patrol™, the award recognizes patrollers who, during the course of duty, put themselves in harm’s way in order to save the lives of others.
AAA welcomes the changes to the fuel economy labeling process that EPA is unveiling today. This is first and foremost a Truth in Advertising issue. Consumers deserve the government’s best efforts when it comes to compiling the information they see on the label of new vehicles. That has not been the case, and EPA is moving to correct the situation.
AAA, the nation’s largest organization for motorists and other travelers, has named Yolanda L. Clark to the position of managing director of AAA Public Relations at the association’s national office in Heathrow, Fla.
This historic 50th anniversary of the Interstate Highway System provides an occasion to reflect on the success of the interstate, but AAA says it is also time to turn to the future of transportation.
Imagine that you are crossing a street and just as you’re about halfway across a vehicle runs a red light and is speeding right toward you. What would you do?
As President Bush today signed the $286 billon transportation bill into law, AAA said the legislation will not only help advance the safety and mobility needs of motorists, pedestrians and public transit riders but also will help those most vulnerable on the nation’s roadways.
It was a clear October day and Gabriel Dickson, a six-year-old from Eva Turner Elementary in Waldorf, Md., was waiting to cross the school parking lot with his other classmates under the watchful eye of AAA School Safety Patroller Pytrce Farmer, 11. Gabriel’s mother stopped her vehicle in the second lane of traffic, which prompted Gabriel to step into the street despite previous warnings from Pytrce to stay on the curb. Realizing that Gabriel’s action put him in harm’s way, Pytrce quickly grabbed his arm and pulled him from the path of an oncoming vehicle, a van that stopped just inches from striking the boy.
Wyoming has joined forty-eight other states and the District of Columbia in enacting legislation to save lives while teenagers are learning to drive, AAA said today. Montana is currently the only state that hasn’t adopted some form of a graduated licensing law.
AAA today released its list of some of the country’s worst “Commuter Hot Spots” and launched a nationwide grassroots campaign to urge Congress to pass the federal transportation funding reauthorization bill. The nation’s largest auto club also offered tips on how motorists can deal with the daily grind of rush hour commutes.
Just as you can screen for high cholesterol or high blood pressure, AAA today introduced a first-of-its kind scientifically valid tool designed to help seniors screen for their driving health in the privacy of their homes. Roadwise Review: A Tool to Help Seniors Drive Safely Longer, is a CD-ROM that measures eight physical and mental abilities shown to be the strongest predictors of crash risk among older drivers and provides feedback to guide the user’s decision about their ability to drive safely.
Un tráfico sin precedentes durante los días de fiesta de Navidad y Fin de Año podría tener por consecuencia un aumento drástico en las muertes por accidentes, según nuevos datos de la AAA (Triple A) y la Administración Nacional de Seguridad en el Tráfico de Carreteras (NHTSA). De los aproximadamente 51 millones de viajeros que la AAA proyecta que circulen por las carreteras en esta temporada, muchos estarán haciéndolo durante los días de mayor peligrosidad del año, advirtió la NHTSA.
Presidential Candidates George W. Bush and John Kerry stated their opposition to an increase in a federal gasoline tax in interviews published in the September and October issues of AAA club publications across the United States.
States can improve their medical review boards by including provisions that evaluate whether motorists are physically and mentally fit to drive, according to a new analysis released today by AAA.
The 101 days from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day are the deadliest days on the road, with more fatal crashes and more children and teens dying than at any other time of the year. That’s the finding of a new report by a national coalition of driving safety advocacy groups urging families to adopt survival strategies to avoid family tragedies this summer.
AAA awards its highest national safety honor – “The Lifesaving Medal Award” – to eight school safety patrollers whose heroic, split-second decisions saved their school mates from life-threatening danger. This marks AAA’s 55th consecutive year honoring children across the United States who save lives as part of AAA’s signature pedestrian safety program.
AAA members can get free use of a child safety seat when they rent a car from Hertz anytime during 2004, a deal that helps keep kids safe and saves members as much as $45 on a weeklong rental.
The United States leads the world in the percentage of road deaths and injuries to passenger car occupants compared to other road users, according to a AAA analysis of data released today by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
Based on a new AAA study, the nation’s largest organization for motorists today called for more research into the use of seat belts by Latino immigrants to address the “alarming public health epidemic” of highway deaths among Latinos in the United States.
In a speech to the Detroit Economic Club on highway safety policy, Robert L. Darbelnet, president and CEO of AAA, North America’s largest organization for motorists, today urged the nation to recognize the epidemic of nearly 43,000 highway deaths each year as a serious public health crisis.
Focusing on pre-crash prevention strategies for the driver, road and vehicle will reduce crashes and save seniors’ lives, AAA said today in announcing the three-pronged approach for its “Lifelong Safe Mobility” campaign.
Nearly three-quarters (74 percent) of Americans support laws limiting the number of teenage passengers who may ride with inexperienced teen drivers, according to a nationwide poll released today by AAA, yet just half of states have these lifesaving laws. Crash data show that passenger restriction laws, an important component of Graduated Driver Licensing systems (GDL), are the most effective way to reduce teen crashes, deaths and injuries.
AAA announced today it is a proud sponsor of the Smithsonian Institution’s new multi-media exhibition that traces the evolution of the modern transportation system from the late 1800s to today.
More than 24,000 Americans died between 1998 and 2001 in car crashes in which neither driver error nor impairment were cited as factors, suggesting that the roads themselves contributed to the crashes, according to a new study released today.
The millions of parents who diligently check their engine fluids and tire pressure before making summer vacation car trips should add one more thing to the checklist: child safety seats. Fewer than one in six child seats are installed correctly, according to new data from AAA.
Thousands of young people converged on Constitution Avenue today to honor three AAA School Safety Patrol “Life Savers” and safety patrollers nationwide in the 67th annual AAA School Safety Patrol Parade.
On average, a pedestrian is killed in a traffic crash every 108 minutes – and children are among the most vulnerable, according to recent government statistics. Occasionally, however, someone makes a heroic, split second decision to take a child out of harm’s way.
When asked about traffic congestion, 95 percent of Americans said congestion they encounter during their daily travels, including commutes to work, has gotten worse or has not improved over the past three years, according to a survey released today by AAA and the American Public Transportation Association (APTA).
Members of the House Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines, heard testimony today on critical highway safety issues expected to impact the trucking industry and possibly the reauthorization of TEA-21 (Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century).
Unlicensed and habitual drunk drivers are among the greatest safety threats on the nation’s highways, according to two studies released today by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.
With changing laws and a variety of child safety seats on the market, AAA has put together a list of simple questions to help parents answer their most important question: “Am I keeping my child safe?”
