The Governors Highway Safety Association’s (GHSA) reauthorization position was developed through a survey of the membership last January, in which 45 states and Puerto Rico responded. The details were discussed and approved by the GHSA Executive Board in June and by the entire membership in September, 2008. GHSA has developed its reauthorization position in response to the alarming number of Americans killed in motor vehicle crashes on our nation’s highways every year. In 2007 – the last year for which complete statistics are available – nearly 42,000 people died in traffic crashes, and nearly 2.5 million were injured. Nearly 42,000 people lost their spouse, parent, child, grandparent, aunt or uncle. In an instant, their lives and those of their families were profoundly changed. That’s the equivalent of an airplane carrying 115 people crashing every day. This translates into nearly one fatality every twelve minutes and nearly five injuries every minute. (Author/publisher)
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