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On February 13, 2020, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released $562 million in highway safety grants to help save lives. Florida is one of the top ten recipients of grant money, receiving $26.1 million.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao said, “These highway safety grants will help save lives by addressing impaired driving, promoting seat belt use, improving pedestrian and bicyclist safety, and funding other important traffic safety efforts.”

Part of the grants will come from the State and Community Highway Safety Grant Program for:

• High-visibility enforcement campaigns (e.g., Click It or Ticket, related to seat belt use, and Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, related to impaired driving)
• Enforcement of state laws on seat belt use, impaired driving, and distracted driving
• Public information and educational campaigns regarding special safe-driving emphasis weeks (e.g., St. Patrick’s Day – driving sober, and Labor Day – driving safely near schools as the new school year begins)
• Programs supporting proper use of child safety seats, including inspection stations where caregivers can confirm that their child safety seat is installed properly

NHTSA said additional grants will be used to make U.S. highways safer, including:

• $147.5 million for impaired driving countermeasures to combat driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs
• $41.5 million for state traffic safety information systems to help states build databases related to crashes
• $37.1 million for occupant protection for seat belt education and enforcement
• $17 million for distracted driving prevention
• $14.3 million for pedestrian and bicyclist safety programs
• $4.3 million for motorcyclist safety
• $2.1 million for impaired driving ignition interlock and 24/7 sobriety programs to enact testing or monitoring of DUI for alcohol use

NHTSA Acting Administrator James Owens said, “We know that most of the 36,560 roadway fatalities in 2018 related to behavioral issues such as speeding, alcohol and drug-impaired driving, distraction, motorcycle safety, and seat belt usage. The grants we’re announcing today will help our partners in state and local law enforcement and other transportation officials enforce their highway laws and educate the public so that our roads will be safer for everyone.”

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