A highway safety advocacy group has found that states have a long way to go before the adoption of a basic set of traffic safety laws becomes nationwide.

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety earlier this month released its fourth annual highway safety report that rates each state and the District of Columbia on their adoption of 15 of what the group claims are proven-effective laws to significantly reduce death and injury on the nation's roads.

"Last year can best be summed up as mounting deaths and minimal progress," said Advocates' vice president, Jacqueline Gillan.

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