The toll of the COVID-19 pandemic has occupied headlines during the past year with rising deaths and public concern. Traffic safety and highway deaths have understandably taken a back seat to the public health crisis of the coronavirus, but that doesn t mean driving safety concerns have gone away. In fact a recent study offers cause for concern in Pennsylvania.
 The Keystone State ranks yellow, which means âneeds improvement,â when it comes to adopting highway safety laws to prevent fatalities, according to the 18th annual Roadmap of State Highways and Safety Law report. Pennsylvania has only seven of the 16 laws recommended by the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, the analysis found.Â