{"id":862,"date":"2020-09-28T10:17:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T10:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madd.org\/virginia\/?p=862"},"modified":"2022-05-26T09:27:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T09:27:24","slug":"auto-industry-leaders-send-letter-to-congress-in-support-of-ride-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/virginia\/auto-industry-leaders-send-letter-to-congress-in-support-of-ride-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Auto Industry Leaders Send Letter to Congress in Support of RIDE Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"862\" class=\"elementor elementor-862\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-39da62b4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"39da62b4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e5b3154\" data-id=\"6e5b3154\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1618a568 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1618a568\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On September 25th, auto insurance industry leaders sent a letter to members of Congress expressing support for the RIDE Act, which would mandate advanced drunk driving prevention technology in all new vehicles. <\/p>\n\n<p>The legislation by Senators Rick Scott (FL) and Tom Udall (NM) is similar to legislation passed by the House of Representatives in July, setting a deadline for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to issue a rulemaking for advanced technology that would detect and prevent drunk driving.  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