Incorporating Safety into Long-Range Transportation Planning (2006) / Chapter Skim
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States failing to adopt an open container law will have 3% of the funds originally allocated for the National Highway System, Surface Transportation Program, and Interstate Maintenance Program transferred to the State's Highway Safety program 23 CFR 1270.7 indicates that the funds transferred to the Highway Safety Program may be used for alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures, the enforcement of DWI laws, hazard elimination activities specified under 23 U.S.C 153, which mandates that a state shall conduct engineering surveys to identify hazards on public roads. Within 60 days of the transfer of these funds, the Governor's Appendix B: Federal Highway Safety Program Guidance 85
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Because the grant funds awarded under this section are to be used for then enforcement of the 0.08 BAC laws, they appear to function as supplemental income for state and local law enforcement agencies. 23 U.S.C 408: Alcohol Traffic Safety Programs 23 U.S.C 408 allows the Secretary of Transportation to issue grants to States to implement and enforce programs aimed at reducing "traffic safety problems resulting from persons driving while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance." States may receive these grants for up to five years, with the Federal share being issued on a sliding scale – 75% the first year, 50% the second year, and 25% for years three through five.
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• Young adult drinking programs, such as awareness campaigns, traffic safety partnerships with employers, colleges, and the hospitality industry, assessments of first-time offenders, and incorporation of treatment into judicial sentencing, aimed at persons between 21 and 34 years of age. • The development of a system for testing the blood alcohol concentrations of drivers involved in fatal accidents that has a testing rate equal to or greater than the national average.
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405 allows the Secretary of Transportation to award incentive grants for states engaging in "effective programs to reduce highway deaths and injuries resulting from individuals riding unrestrained or improperly restrained in motor vehicles." Grants may be renewed for up to six years, with states being able to receive 75% of the total cost of operating the program for the first two years, 50% for years 3 and 4, and 25% for years 5 and 6. The amount of the award may amount to 25% of the total Federal apportionment to the State under Section 402, which provide funding to the Governors' Highway Safety Programs.
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Appendix B: Federal Highway Safety Program Guidance 89
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