This measure changes several sections of highway safety law and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to focus more on crashes near disabled vehicles and in road work zones. It adds "occupants of and pedestrians associated with disabled vehicles" to certain safety program language. It requires the Department of Transportation and other agencies to form two working groups: one on disabled vehicle crashes and one on work zone crashes. Each working group must collect and publish detailed crash data, make a strategic plan to reduce fatal and non-fatal injuries, encourage better data sharing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (including use of the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria), and provide annual updates. The law also expands a review of public awareness campaigns about "move over" or slow-down rules to include motorists, disabled vehicles, workers, vehicles, and machinery in work zones. Finally, the Federal Highway Administration must send Congress an annual report on how States use and how effective work zone safety contingency funds, including which States used the funds, how much they dedicated, and recommendations to improve use.
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The text of the measure calls for collecting better data, forming expert working groups, and making strategic plans to find and implement solutions that reduce fatal and non-fatal crashes near disabled vehicles and in work zones. It directs agencies to improve data sharing, update awareness programs, and report annually on use of contingency funds to help guide improvements.
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