These States Won’t Adopt Even Bare Minimum Roadway Safety Laws
More than 40 states have failed to adopt common-sense laws that advocates say would prevent many of the most easily avoidable crash deaths.
By
Kea Wilson
6:12 PM CST on January 19, 2022
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