The latest edition of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Status Report includes the results of a survey showing drivers don’t believe marijuana use is as big a concern as drinking and driving. Marijuana legalization initiatives were big winners during the election in November. won at state ballot boxes in November amid broader public […]
Auto Club of Southern California Calls on Policymakers to Address Impaired Driving in Wake of Proposition Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
With California’s further liberalization of marijuana laws, the collision repair industry in the state can expect increasing accident frequency. Auto Club says approval of Proposition 64 creates immediate need to ramp up traffic safety efforts. Now that California voters have approved Proposition 64 to legalize recreational, non-medical, marijuana use in the state, the Automobile Club […]
Insurance Association Applauds U.S. House Action on Marijuana-Impaired Driving Study
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) is applauding a recent House Appropriations Committee vote on the House Fiscal Year 2017 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) spending bill that includes a marijuana-impaired driving research effort. According to Nat Wienecke, senior vice president, federal government relations at the PCI, “PCI applauds the House Appropriations […]
Fatal Road Crashes Involving Marijuana Double in Washington State After Legalization
Fatal crashes involving drivers who recently used marijuana doubled in Washington after the state legalized the drug, according to the latest research by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. New research also shows that legal limits for marijuana and driving are arbitrary and unsupported by science, which could result in unsafe motorists going free and […]