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• Don’t throw auto safety in reverse

  April 9, 2025

  If traffic safety were a war, we’d be losing. Our nation suffers approximately 40,000 deaths and 2.6 million injuries to traffic crashes each year. That’s enough fatalities to fill the average Major League Baseball stadium.  Enough injuries to affect nearly every resident of the state of Alabama. 

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• Family seeks support for funeral costs for mother, child killed in Hart County flooding

  February 21, 2025

  A mother and daughter tragically lost their lives after being swept away by floodwaters in Hart County, Kentucky. Amy Philpott, 35, and 7-year-old Charlotte Mae were remembered by loved ones for their kindness, joy, and selflessness. A GoFundMe has been launched to help the family with funeral expenses.

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• Letter to the Editor: Don't let the robot drive yet

  February 8, 2025

  Autonomous vehicles are being bandied about like a one-size-fits-all solution to the roughly 6 million annual collisions, even as federal safety rules are on the chopping block in Washington.

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• Mom and kids found dead in car days after crash, Arkansas cops say. ‘A great family’ Read more at:

  February 6, 2025

  A mother and her two children died after their car crashed and landed upside down in a creek bed in Franklin County, Arkansas. The family was on their way to a cheerleading competition and was found two days later.

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• Kids and Car Safety Newsletter: 2024 In the Rearview Mirror

  January 14, 2025

  Learn about the lifesaving work that Kids and Car Safety did in 2024. 

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