Mission
The National Coalition for Safer Roads (NCSR) helps save lives and protect communities by demonstrating how red light safety cameras can improve driver behavior.
We bring together policymakers, community leaders and concerned citizens in support of red light safety cameras, advocating for their use in cities and communities across the country. We act as a clearinghouse for information about the impact of cameras on safe driving, help set best practice standards for the red light safety camera industry, coordinate support for cameras across the nation and advocate for the interests of red light safety cameras before legislative and administrative bodies at the national, state and local levels.
NCSR works with experts — traffic experts, engineers, law enforcement officials and others — to research and analyze red light safety cameras so that it can establish “best practices” for their use. It also engages in awareness and education promotions that help inform the public of the benefits of red light safety cameras. These stories demonstrate the impact of unsafe driving, attaching real faces of real victims to the research results.
Leadership
David Kelly, President and Executive Director
David Kelly is our principal spokesman and representative before state and national policymaking bodies. He is the former acting administrator of NHTSA. President Bush nominated him to the position after Kelly served as the agency's Chief of Staff. He also served as director of the U.S. National Safety Council’s Airbag & Seat Belt Campaign.
Ron Reagan, Director of National Advocacy and Outreach
Ron Reagan leads our effort to build a grassroots coalition of advocates for safer roads through the use of road safety cameras. He served four terms as a member of the Florida House of Representatives. He was Speaker pro tempore, 2009-10, and chairman of the Committee on Insurance and the Jobs & Entrepreneurship Council. Reagan was instrumental in the passage of the “Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act,” which expanded the use of red light cameras and increases the fines for violators.
John Wintersteen, National First Responder Liaison
Retired Chief John Wintersteen creates NCSR partnerships with first responders across the country. He served 14 years as Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety for the Town of Paradise Valley, Arizona, seeing first-hand the devastating effects of traffic collisions. Wintersteen was integral to the development of Paradise Valley's automated traffic enforcement program, which is the longest continuous program in the United States.
National Coalition for Safer Roads is a Texas nonprofit organization that has qualified to operate in Missouri and District of Columbia. NCSR is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a Section 501(c)(6) organization.
NCSR was established to advance the cause of road and traffic safety and to support the road safety technology industry. It is a national coalition whose members and supporters include those who represent the traffic safety industry, safety organizations, and individuals who are active in advocating for safer roads through the use of technology. NCSR is supported by American Traffic Solutions.
