Pass the She DRIVES Act for Women's Auto Safety

Pass the She DRIVES Act. The Senate Commerce Committee voted unanimously to advance it on February 5th, 2025, and now the full Senate must finish the job. Women have been excluded from crash safety standards for decades, and that exclusion kills people. Current Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards require crash testing with dummies modeled on the average male body. Women are tested as passengers, not drivers. That is not a minor oversight. It is a structural failure baked into federal law, and it has had catastrophic consequences for women on American roads for generations. With this administration actively targeting women's research and safety programs, Congress cannot afford to stay silent. The She DRIVES Act would require NHTSA to adopt the most advanced female crash test dummy into both the FMVSS and the New Car Assessment Program, tested equally in the driver's seat. Twelve senators from both parties have already cosponsored it in the 119th Congress. This is a straightforward, bipartisan fix to a life-or-death problem. Vote yes on the She DRIVES Act.