Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety on Tuesday morning released its 2023 Roadmap to Safety, scoring all 50 states based on whether they have adopted the organization's 'optimal laws' in six categories.
Some of the issues that knocked Massachusetts down in the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety rankings have been debated but not gained traction on Beacon Hill for years.
Supporters of the change say it would help increase the Bay State's seatbelt use rate, but skeptics like House Speaker Ronald Mariano have"long been concerned about potential racial profiling with primary enforcement measures," the speaker said a year ago. An alcohol ignition interlock device prevents a vehicle from starting until the driver provides a breath sample that registers below a pre-set low limit for blood alcohol content. Massachusetts has required the use of ignition interlock devices for all repeat impaired driving offenders since 2006.there were 5,907 interlocks installed in Massachusetts as of 2017, and that interlocks stopped 39,482 attempts to drive drunk between 2006 to 2018.
Most recently, in September, Baker returned to the Legislature with an amendment bill intended to reduce traffic fatalities, citing differences over a proposed safe passing distance measure and lower speed limits, but saying he shares with lawmakers a"mutual goal of improving roadway safety."
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