WASHINGTON -- States would receive additional help to improve roadway safety through new federal legislation, which would allow state departments of transportation to use data analytics to assess safety risks. Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have launched a bipartisan and bicameral push for improving road safety through existing vehicle technology via the Roadway Safety Modernization Act. Kansas Reps. Tracey Mann and Sharice Davids -- a Republican and Democrat, respectively -- announced the House of Representatives' version of the bill in December. Sens. John Boozman, R-Ark., and Alex Padilla, D-Calif., introduced the Senate companion measure last Wednesday. The legislation would modify federal highway and freight safety programs to allow grant recipients, such as state departments of transportation, to use vehicle telematics and predictive analytics to identify infrastructure concerns. "What we're trying to do is use the various technologies that are already on cars," Boozman, of Rogers, told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. "They can actually monitor your braking ability, your braking speed, your speed period." Boozman and Padilla argue these changes would...
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