Testimony

Testimony submitted by the Institute to governmental entities regarding various highway safety issues

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2008 Committee Institute presenter Topic
June 18 US Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Insurance, and Automotive Safety Stephen L. Oesch Letter to Chairman Pryor concerning Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers' critique of Institute's study on vehicle roof strength presented at June 4 hearing
June 4 US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Stephen L. Oesch IIHS research on vehicle roof crush
February 20 Maryland House Committee on Environmental Matters Stephen L. Oesch Research on automated speed enforcement
February 19 Maryland Senate Committee on Judicial Proceedings Stephen L. Oesch Research on automated speed enforcement
2007      
September 25 Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee Stephen L. Oesch Research on automated speed enforcement
September 25 Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee Stephen L. Oesch Research on red light cameras
July 24 Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee Anne T. McCartt Passenger restrictions for young drivers
May 1 US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security Anne T. McCartt Requiring electronic on-board recorders in large trucks
March 12 FMCSA Anne T. McCartt Electronic On-Board Recorders for Documenting Hours of Service
March 7 NHTSA Adrian K. Lund The New Car Assessment Program Suggested Approaches for Future Program Enhancements
February 14 Oregon Senate Committee on the Judiciary Anne T. McCartt
Stephen L. Oesch
Cell phones and crash risk
2005      
October 25 Ohio Senate Committee on Highways and Transportation Anne T. McCartt Red light camera research
July 7 Property-Casualty Insurance Committee of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators Adrian K. Lund Institute research on cosmetic crash parts (attachment: Status Report, Vol. 35, No. 2, February 19, 2000)
May 4 Ohio House Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Homeland Security Stephen L. Oesch Red light camera research
February 23 District of Columbia Public Roundtable on Automated Enforcement Stephen L. Oesch Automated red light and speed camera enforcement
February 22 Maryland House Environmental Matters Committee Stephen L. Oesch HB 443 Automated speed enforcement
February 9 Maryland House Committee on Environmental Matters Stephen L. Oesch Passenger restrictions for young drivers
January 27 Virginia Senate, Transportation Committee Stephen L. Oesch Effectiveness of primary belt laws
2004      
March 25 Maryland Senate, Judicial Proceedings Committee Stephen L. Oesch Automated speed enforcement
March 18 US House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce Brian O'Neill Approaches to achieving vehicle safety improvements
March 4 North Carolina House Select Committee Stephen L. Oesch Motorcycle helmet laws
March 3 Virginia House of Delegates Militia, Police, and Public Safety Committee Richard A. Retting Red light camera enforcement programs
2003      
May 6 Philadelphia City Council Committee on Streets and Services Committee Richard A. Retting Red light violations and red light cameras
March 11 Maryland House of Delegates, Environmental Matters Committee Stephen L. Oesch Automated speed enforcement
February 26 US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Brian O'Neill Some aspects of the relative safety of cars and SUVs
February 7 Transportation Committee, State of Hawaii House of Representatives Allan F. Williams Young drivers and graduated licensing
January 17 Virginia House of Delegates, Militia, Police, and Public Safety Committee Stephen L. Oesch Red light violations and red light cameras
2002      
February 5 Maryland House of Delegates, Commerce and Government Matters Committee Stephen L. Oesch Automated speed enforcement
February 1 Virginia House of Delegates, Militia, Police, and Public Safety Committee Stephen L. Oesch Red light violations and red light cameras
January 24 US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Adrian K. Lund CAFE standards
2001      
November 7 Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Transportation Committee Richard A. Retting Red light violations and red light cameras
October 23 Suffolk County Legislature Richard A. Retting Red light violations and red light cameras
August 28 California Legislature, Senate Committee on Privacy Michele Fields Automated enforcement laws
June 27 Senate of Pennsylvania, Transportation Committee Richard A. Retting Red light violations and red light cameras
June 12 Ohio House of Representatives, Transportation and Public Safety Committee Richard A. Retting Red light violations and red light cameras
May 9 Massachusetts Legislature's Joint Committee on Insurance Stephen L. Oesch Institute research on cosmetic crash parts
April 24 Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism of the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Adrian K. Lund Child restraints and booster seats (attachment: Status Report, Vol. 35, No. 10, December 20, 2000)
2000      
March 21 Massachusetts Auto Damage Appraiser Licensing Board Stephen L. Oesch Institute research on cosmetic crash parts
March 9 Kentucky Senate Transportation Committee Richard A. Retting Red light violations and red light cameras
February 10 Transportation Subcommittee of the US House of Representatives Appropriations Committee Brian O'Neill Airbag test requirements under proposed new rule

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