California

Under general supervision of the Staff Services Manager II, the incumbent is nonsupervisory and responsible for the development, policy, and coordination of traffic safety programs.

Under general supervision of the Staff Services Manager II, the incumbent is responsible for the management and supervision of Associate Governmental Program Analysts that work on a broad range of traffic safety grants including problem identification, program planning, grant development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.

Jonathan Adkins, executive director of the Governors Highway Safety Assn., said the Windsor Hills crash that took multiple lives might not have been so severe had the road been designed with more impediments toward picking up tremendous speed. "If there had been a more forgiving infrastructure, this crash may not have been so severe because the speed wouldn’t have been as big of an issue,” he said.

New research suggests state laws that prohibit drivers from holding a cell phone under any circumstance appear to be effective in reducing rear-end crashes. ... Jonathan Adkins, executive director of the Governors Highway Safety Association, said in a prepared statement that the IIHS study reaffirms the importance of states enacting clear and strong distracted driving laws.

For years, highway safety groups have argued that two provisions in federal highway law encapsulate a fundamental flaw in how the federal government approaches highway safety.

Jonathan Adkins, executive director of the Governors Highway Safety Assn., a Washington nonprofit representing agencies nationwide, suggested that people’s disregard for themselves and others on the road is part of a national decline in civility that accelerated during the pandemic.

Glotzer & Lieb, a Los Angeles-based personal injury law firm, helps crash victims throughout Southern California hold reckless motorists accountable when they cause serious harm.

Russell Martin, GHSA senior director of policy and government, cited several reasons for the pandemic trends. With roads emptier, “people had more opportunity to speed,” he said. And with people traveling less distance, there was more cycling and walking.

As the number of pedestrians killed by drivers continues a decade-long trend in the wrong direction during the pandemic, GHSA & its SHSO members are marking the 2nd annual Nat'l Pedestrian Safety Month by taking steps to address the behavioral safety issues that put people on foot at increased risk.

As the number of pedestrians killed by drivers continues a decade-long trend in the wrong direction during the pandemic, GHSA & its SHSO members are marking the 2nd annual Nat'l Pedestrian Safety Month by taking steps to address the behavioral safety issues that put people on foot at increased risk.