Call-To-Action by Streets Are For Everyone (SAFE): Call-in to Support AB 645 on Monday


AB 645 Will Slow Streets and Save Lives. #PassAB645

Streets Are For Everyone (SAFE) has shared that the speed camera safety bill, AB 645, will be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee this coming Monday, August 28th. SAFE is encouraging cyclists and pedestrians to call in support of this life-saving legislation that will be heard sometime between 10 am-12 pm.  

SAFE asks everyone to, “Please activate your volunteers and join us in helping push this important bill forward. Read here for more stats on why speed kills.”

Call 877-226-8163, type Access Code: 1618051 starting at 10 AM. AB 645 will be heard sometime between 10 AM and 12 PM.

Here is the agenda for the committee meeting.  SAFE will post updates at twitter.com/StreetsR4Every1 when the measure will be heard. 

Speeding and Speed Cameras Fact Highlights

Speed Safety Cameras Save Lives

Excessive speed leads to crashes, injuries, and fatalities especially for the most vulnerable – pedestrians and cyclists. In California, the rate of traffic fatalities is on the rise with a pedestrian fatality rate nearly 25% higher than the national average. In 2021 alone, 4,258 Californians lost their lives to traffic collisions, a 10.7% increase from the previous year.

Speeding Kills

According to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), speeding is a factor in a third of all traffic fatalities.

Speed Safety Cameras Are Proven to Slow Drivers Down

Reducing speed is imperative to saving lives, and speed safety cameras make this possible. Already, 140 communities in the U.S. have seen significant improvements in decreasing speed and number of lives lost with the help of speed safety cameras.

Speeding and Speed Cameras Fact Sheet

Want to Make a Difference in Los Angeles and California?

Sign and share the Change.org petition demanding legislators reign in reckless speeding by passing AB 645.

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