To amend title 23, United States Code, and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act with respect to vehicle roadside crashes, work zone safety, and for other purposes.

This proposal aims to reduce crashes on the roadside and in work zones. It adds people in or near disabled vehicles to the list of those the federal highway safety program focuses on, so their risks are counted and addressed. It also updates federal rules to improve injury data and to review how well “Move Over or Slow Down” laws are explained to the public.

It would set up two working groups: one on crashes involving disabled vehicles and another on work zone crashes. These groups would include truckers, first responders, road builders, unions, safety experts, state officials, insurers, medical and public health experts, law enforcement, and tech and auto makers. They must collect and publish detailed crash data, create a plan to reduce fatal and injury crashes, improve data sharing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (including local use of standard crash reporting), and give yearly updates on awareness and safety efforts. The Federal Highway Administration would also send Congress a yearly report on how states use “work zone safety contingency funds,” including which states used them, how much they set aside, and recommendations to improve results.

• Who is affected: Drivers and passengers near broken-down vehicles, road workers, first responders, truckers, and state and local highway safety officials.
• What changes: Adds disabled-vehicle occupants and nearby pedestrians to safety priorities; improves injury data and “Move Over” law awareness; creates two safety working groups to publish data and plans; requires a yearly federal report on work zone safety funds.
• When: Ongoing annual updates and reports are required; specific dates are not listed in the text provided.