Will Brownsberger — State Senator, Democrat, 2d Suffolk and Middlesex District

Will Congratulations!  Best of luck and strength and inspiration, in all your efforts and collaborations Just a quick note regarding two current legislative initiatives. “3 Strikes”- I can’t tell you how glad I am that you’re resisting this effort.  It’s a blunt weapon that often disregards any sense of respective circumstances of individuals, and doesn’t [...]

OK, it’s late on a friday, and a hurricane is bearing down on us, and no one wants to hear about traffic safety, but here goes anyway. Who’s already got the safest roads in the world? Guess  what… WE DO! [The original, more confusing graph has been removed (8/28/2011 ..RC] (US State with the lowest [...]

Sorry, not a new topic, nor even a particularly hot one here, but I just saw a great report from Los Angeles on the dangers of Red Light cameras – increased rear-end collisions and significant monetary shortfalls costing the city upwards of $1m per year. It’s hard to explain why LA even continues the program until you [...]

Hi Will … Thanks for the email with links to the new cellphone / texting law. Do you have any idea why the ban on texting extends to vehicles stopped in traffic?  Most of it seems fine but this part seems overreaching to me — unless we are also going to prohibit all of the [...]

The driving bill that the House approved last week, which should shortly become law, makes some important changes.

Many have expressed interest and concern about the safe driving bills. Here is a status report.

Will, In yesterday’s Globe, I read that Denise Provost has sponsored a bill to reduce urban speed limits by 5 mph in the state. Here’s the article: http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/somerville/2010/06/by_danielle_dreilingerglobe_co.html In a collision with a pedestrian, a 5 mph reduction in speed makes a huge difference in the probability of injury. There’s a chart that illustrates this [...]

The House took action today on its own version of a driving safety bill. The House version still needs to be reconciled with the Senate version.

November 20, 2009 Jason Faller Legislative Intern, Office of Rep. Will Brownsberger

Hi Will, Do you know the status of this pending bill filed by Senator Brian A. Joyce? Mandatory testing requirements for elderly drivers (age 75 and over) does not seem unreasonable, and could prevent vehicular tragedies from occurring in the future. I‘m curious to hear your position and thoughts regarding this issue.