Letâs make highway safety our first goal. Joan Claybrook is the former administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and president emeritus of Public Citizen. In addition to its own editorials, USA TODAY publishes diverse opinions from outside writers, including our Board of Contributors.ey highway legislation is scheduled to be considered this week on the Senate floor. Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Roger Wicker, R-Miss., want to have the Department of Transportation evaluate these longer trucks instead of recklessly allowing Congress to mandate them.