Advocates for Highway and Traffic Safety
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
National Motorists Association
National Highway Institute
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration advocates for "reducing deaths, injuries and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes." The supporters of NHTSA is the Department of Transportation. What they're advocating is pretty convincing especially that they back it up with facts and statistics. They "conduct their own research on driver behavior and traffic safety to develop the most efficient and effective means of bringing about safety improvements." So, you can actually say that what they do is very important for everybody because they care about the well-being of every drivers in the US and perhaps, some other countries. I believe that the procedures that they follow to investigate traffic safety are effective because we have laws and rules now that are established because of the findings they had in their research.
The methods and the approach that they use to reduce deaths, injuries, and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes is through investigation and conduction of research. NHTSA "investigates safety defects in motor vehicle, sets and enforces fuel economy standards, helps states and local communities reduce the threat of drunk drivers, promotes the use of safety belts, child safety seats and airbags, investigates odometer fraud, establishes and enforces vehicle anti-theft regulations and provides consumer information on motor vehicle safety topics." Obviously, they fit in the overall scheme of things in the traffic safety world because the main goal of NHTSA is to bring about safety improvements in driving. If you need to find out informations about air bags, complaint form, DOT Auto Safety Hotline, Press Releases, Child Safety Seats, Presidential Seatbelt Plan and many more, this is the site for you to visit. Just click on the word NHTSA
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Like the NHTSA, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety advocates to reduce highway crash deaths, injuries, and property damage losses. The supporters of this association are the automobile insurers. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is an independent, nonprofit, research and communications organization wholly supported by automobile insurers. Their website is very convincing because they give you so much informations about crash tests and evaluations, fatality facts, state law facts, and many more that concern safety advocacy. This site is of importance because the institute's research focuses on the "major factors involved in motor vehicle crashes -- the human, the vehicle, and the physical and legal environment."
The things that the institute is advocating can be effective since the involvement of auto insurers to influence highway safety and in reducing highway losses correspond with the general public interest. The methods and approach that they have taken to fulfill what they're advocating is by making people aware of their organization through news & films, archives, videos, status report, and website. People don't want to pay too much for insurance and auto insurers don't want to pay too much for claims due to car crashes or accidents. That's why, I believe that whatever they're (the institute) trying to advocate is effective because both parties have a common interest. It's beyond doubt that this site fits in the overall scheme of things in the traffic safety world because the institute's research "have significantly contributed to the nation's improving highway safety picture."
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As the mission statement of the AAA Foundation mentioned, this association advocates for the reduction of injuries by preventing traffic crashes and by saving lives. This foundation is a non-profit, publicly-supported charitable educational and research organization. The supporters of this foundation are ordinary people who joined the AAA Club to become members. I can see that this foundation is effective because I know some people who had joined the club and they like the benefits they get just by showing their card. Also, their research and educational materials are used by government agencies, schools, automobile clubs, corporations, and organizations. The AAA Foundation is important because it "sponsors research that not only identifies critical traffic safety problems, but also searches for underlying causes and possible solutions."
Their researches are obviously effective because the foundation is sort of like the head for "traffic safety research, identifying early trends, and offering solutions before the general public is aware of the problem." The method and the approach that they think will work in accomplishing what they're fighting for is through Education and "Starting Early Program: Alcohol Education for Kindergarten through Sixth Grade." There's no doubt that this foundation fits in the overall scheme of things in the traffic safety world because it uses its research to focus on the understanding of the risks that drivers take and how they can set some limitations to prevent accidents. The foundation continues its research for the fact that more and more teenagers are going to be driving soon and for the mere fact that older drivers still need to "improve their driving performance."
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This association "advocates, represents, and protects the interests of North American motorists" such as:
The guarantee of individual rights when using public streets, roads, and highways
To support traffic laws based on sound engineering criteria and public consensus
To protect the rights of people to own and use the kinds of vehicles they prefer
To support improved driver training and education
To oppose speed traps and other traffic enforcement measures carried out for revenue-generation purposes They're also known to be the organization that "promoted federal legislation which eliminated the 55 mph National Maximum Speed Limit." The supporters of National Motorists Association are the members who joined the organization and I guess, motorists of North America.
The association's approach of advocating the interests of North American motorists is very convincing because as they mentioned, "they lobby, debate, and editorialize" on everybody's behalf at every opportunity they have. They offer benefits for NMA members, also. They brought about important points on what they support like: more reasonable speed limits, better driving training, improved motorist-to-motorist courtesy, and sensible regulations. I think that what they're trying to fight for is effective because they had proven already that they're a pretty strong and willpowered organization, so it shouldn't be hard for them to achieve the things that they're advocating and to entice people to back them up. The approach that they took to implement what they're advocating is through lobbying and debating. The organization's position for advocating safety fits in the overall scheme of things in the traffic safety world because they believe that driving and owning an automobile is important to everybody.
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The National Highway Institute or NHI advocates for the improvement of the quality of the U. S. highway system by providing proactive leadership, expertise resources, and informations "in order to enhance economic growth, quality of life, and the environment." Its supporters include the Federal Highway Administration; Federal, State, and Local trasportation agencies, as well as private transport providers and firms -- because NHI assists each of these agencies with transportation-related and education programs. It's obviously a very convincing association because it is the technical training organization of the Federal Highway Administration, so there's no doubt that people or agencies will join in and go along with their programs. I believe that what they're advocating is very important because, as it was mentioned in their website, "NHI conducts and promotes training courses, seminars, and conferences, as well as professional exchanges, to transportation organizations around the world." As you can see, even transportation organizations around the world are in contact with them because they provide training and education programs to the international community.
Needless to say that their training and education programs are very effective because if you examine the agencies that they serve, they're quite big names and big agencies. They not only serve the Federal, State, and Local Surface Transportation Agencies, but they also serve Private Transportation Providers, Firms, and Universities, as well as International Transportation Community. As indicated in their site, NHI has three programs areas that meet their customers' training and educational needs such as: Domestic programs, International programs, and Universities & Grants Programs. The approach that they use is through training and education programs that includes and "collaborates with community colleges, technical schools, secondary and grade schools to identify the transportation professionals of tomorrow." Their programs fit in the overall scheme of things in the traffic safety world because their mission is "to sustain and expand the transportation community's professional capacity in technologies and strategies that accelerate the implementation of the state-of-the-art and continues to advance the state-of-the-practice."
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