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The AAA Exchange Web site is a valuable resource for safety, consumer, automotive and travel issues for members and the public. If you need any further information on a AAA public initiative or policy, please take a look.
Legislative
As an organization that places a high priority on safety, AAA offers its support for H.R. 1618, the “Safe Highways and Infrastructure Preservation Act.” In a letter to the legislation’s major sponsor, Rep. James McGovern, AAA says that despite recent declines in crashes involving large trucks, the number of deaths and injuries among passenger vehicle occupants remains high.
Seated, Safe and Secure
Child Passenger Safety Initiative
Materials for AAA's Seated, Safe and Secure, a national campaign to pass laws, educate parents, and promote industry engineering and technological advances on the issue of child passenger safety
Licensed To Learn
Teen Driving Initiative
Ten-year cost savings projections, analysis of key provisions, and a comparison chart of state laws for AAA's Licensed to Learn, a national safety campaign to pass graduated driver licensing laws in all 50 states:
May 2001 Mobility Testimony
Vice President of Public Affairs' Susan G. Pikrallidas' testimony before Congress on traffic safety, congestion and mobility
Research
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety Site
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety is dedicated to saving lives and reducing injuries by preventing traffic crashes. It is a not-for-profit, publicly-supported charitable educational and research organization.
Car-Truck Crash Study
A study from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety on what unsafe driving actions contribute to fatal car-truck crashes. The study was released in conjunction with AAA's relaunch of its Share with Care initiative for greater understanding between cars and large trucks.
Drunk Driving: Seeking Additional Solutions
A report from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety on why the two decade decline in drunk driving accidents stagnated in 1994. What programs, policies and strategies work? Which ones don't? Find out what's happening on a state by state, and in some cases, community by community level.
Programs
Roadwise Review
Senior Driver Screening Tool
Roadwise Review is a scientifically validated screening tool developed by AAA and noted transportation safety researchers. Available on CD-ROM, this tool allows seniors to measure in the privacy of their own home the eight functional abilities shown to be the strongest predictors of crash risk among older drivers. You can listen to AAA's Traffic Safety Policy Director, Dr. Bella Dinh-Zarr, discuss the program in more detail on the February 7, 2005 broadcast of the internet-only radio program "Coping With Caregiving".
School Safety Patrol
School-Age Pedestrian Safety Initiative
In the 1920s, AAA clubs helped organize a program where older students assist younger ones with crossing streets on their way to and from school. The safety patrol concept spread quickly to communities and schools nationwide. Read about the program and its national event, the School Safety Patrol Parade.
Share with Care
Truck Safety Initiative
AAA's Share with Care truck safety initiative began on June 29, 2000, as a 50-city nationwide campaign to give practical advice to motorists and truckers on how to share the road safely. Read the research and educational materials related to the campaign. Put the Brakes on Fatalities
Highway Safety Initiative
A broad coalition of public and private-sector groups throughout the country have joined together for an annual event called Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day. The goal is to help save lives on America's highways by putting the focus on three primary components to highway safety: 1) driver behavior, 2) vehicle equipment, design and maintenance, and 3) roadway design, signage and road improvements.
Brochures
Share with Care
AAA's brochure on cars and truck sharing the road safely together, part of our truck safety legislative initiative(adobe acrobat required)
Put the Brakes on Fatalities
Brochure on what we all can do to end the over 40,000 deaths on our nation's highways every year (adobe acrobat required)
Be Tire Smart - Play Your Part
Brochure on proper tire safety and maintenance, produced in conjunction with the RMA (adobe acrobat required)
What to Do When Your Car Breaks Down
Safety brochure in the event of automotive breakdown
America Flies!
ALPA's brochure on safe airline travel (adobe acrobat required)
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Nationwide Review of Graduated Driver Licensing
Each year more than 1,000 16-year-old drivers are involved in fatal crashes. Injuries are the primary cause of death of teenagers, and 41% of all injury deaths at ages 15-19 involve motor vehicle crashes. |
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Parent - Teen Contract
Information about implementing a parent to teen driver contract. |
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Choosing a Driving School
Driver education courses are designed to teach new drivers the fundamental skills and basic knowledge required to drive a motor vehicle. Your search for a quality school may be more successful if you know what to look for in facilities, instructors, structure and lesson plans. Tips in the following brochure may make it easier for you to select the best driver training school for you. |
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Transporte Fragil Seguro
Todos los ocupantes de un automovil necesitan estar protegidos de las lesiones causadas al golpearse con el interior del vehiculo en caso de una parada repentina, viraje brusco o choque. |
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GDL Product Fact Sheet
Fact sheet describing the different AAA products available for parents, educaters and teen drivers. |
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Welcoming Your New Driver: Becoming The New Driver In Your Family
Designed for teens, this brochure outlines tips and responsibilities of being a safe driver. |
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Welcoming Your New Driver: Driving Contracts
Brochure outlining various agreements between parents and teen drivers. |
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Welcoming Your New Driver
Brochure outlines AAA tips for parents that will help safeguard teens and give a little peace of mind when turning over the keys to a teen driver. |
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Get A Grip
A Guide to Wet-Weather Driving Techniques |
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How to Go on Ice and Snow
Easy-to-read information that will aid you in becoming a safer and more efficient driver despite winter's adverse weather conditons. |
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