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WASHINGTON, March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Comprehensive Safety Provisions will Result in Safer Vehicles, Safer Drivers and Safer Roads

The Senate today significantly advanced highway and auto safety when it passed a two-year, $109 billion surface transportation authorization bill, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), S.1813. The strong, bipartisan safety legislation, if enacted into law, will prevent crashes, save lives, reduce injuries, and save billions of dollars.

In 2010, nearly 33,000 people were killed and more than 2.2 million were injured on our nation's highways, making motor vehicle crashes a major public health epidemic. Motor vehicle crashes remain the leading cause of death for all Americans ages five to 34 and while overall traffic fatalities declined in 2010, large truck crash fatalities increased by nearly nine percent. The safety provisions included in MAP-21 will address the unfinished safety agenda and protect the motoring public.

Source: MarketWatch (press release)