What We Are For

• Vehicle choices that take into consideration the health, safety and welfare of our children and their children's children.
  
• Laws enacted at all levels of government that result in reduced total fossil fuel consumption and lowered greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles.
  
• Safety standards that consider not just the safety of the vehicle's occupants but others sharing the road: other motorists, bicyclists, motorcyclists and pedestrians.
  
• Safety and fuel economy standards that require the use of the best available technology, with progressive adjustments to create incentives to develop and utilize even more effective technologies.
  
• Tax incentives that accelerate the phase-out of gas-guzzlers in favor of fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles, with the ultimate goal being a zero-emission national fleet.
  
• Lawmakers who have the courage to put the public's right to clean air, a healthy environment, safe transportation and national security above the automakers interests in reducing regulation and maximizing profits
  
• Complete, honest and timely information for consumers about the external impacts of our vehicle choices, including gas mileage, emissions of greenhouse gasses and other pollutants, safety of drivers and passengers, and hazards to other drivers on the roads.

What we oppose:

• Misleading advertisements and public statements about safety and fuel economy made by the automobile industry and its lobbying arm, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. ("It's too expensive to make fuel-efficient family vehicles." "Consumers don't care about fuel efficiency." "SUVs are safer than cars.")
  
• Automakers spending tens of millions of dollars to lobby government against higher fuel-efficiency and safety standards, and spending billions on advertising, while spending little to design and promote fuel-efficiency and safety innovations.
  
• Continuing legal loopholes that enable automakers to maximize profits by compromising safety and fuel-efficiency standards on vehicles used for family transportation by calling them "light trucks."
  
• Lawmakers who fail to stand up for fuel-efficiency and auto safety, even while claiming to be for safe roads, a clean environment and reduced dependence on fossil fuels.
  
• The wasteful use of petroleum, which is a drag on our economy, harms our environment, and compromises national security and our nation's democratic ideals.
  
• "Blaming the driver." As moms, we know that many SUV owners need more room for carpooling and carrying all that "stuff." We know that big vehicles don't have to be gas guzzlers and we disagree with the Detroit automakers' tactic of blaming poor fleet fuel efficiency on consumers who choose large vehicles.

Our Staff and Structure

MANAGING DIRECTOR: Sandy T. Parry, PhD

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Lauren T. Klein Hayes, Board President
Betsy Rosenberg, Founder & Board Member
Lynn Fuller, Founding Board Member
Eva Karlan, Founding Board Member
Janie Friend, Founding Board Member
Sheira Kahn
Cindy Kamm
Denise Wilson
Maxwell H.K. Stephenson

The founder of Don’t Be Fueled (DBF) is Betsy Rosenberg, environmental radio talk show host on Air America and KCBS, San Francisco. Betsy continues to serve as DBF’S leading spokesperson.

Dr. Sandy Parry is now the managing director, replacing Co-Directors Lauren T. Klein Hayes and Lynn Fuller, who have become board members, along with the rest of our core group of volunteers. Our membership base is growing, as all people, mothers or not, understand the important issues of fuel economy and safety in our vehicles!

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