WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) announced the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has agreed to conduct a review of U.S. vehicle safety design standards and their effects on the safety of vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and bicyclists. GAO's decision closely follows a letter Rep. Raskin wrote to the agency last month amidst persistently high levels of traffic injuries and fatalities acros  more