Section 154 transfer program: open container (23 C.F.R. Part 1270; 23 U.S.C. & 154) - penalty transfer funds to support alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures in states that fail to enact and…

The Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded $1.4 million under the Alcohol Open Container Requirements federal grant program (CFDA 20.607) to the Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security from October 2021 through September 2025. This formula grant funding will support the state's efforts to enact and enforce compliant open container laws prohibiting possession of open alcoholic beverages in vehicles. Under Section 154, states that fail to adopt conforming open container legislation risk having federal highway funds transferred to alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures instead. The Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security will utilize the funding to deliver services related to enforcement of the state's open container law and support countermeasures to reduce alcohol-impaired driving.

Section 154 transfer program: open container (23 C.F.R. Part 1270; 23 U.S.C. & 154) - penalty transfer funds to support alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures in states that fail to enact and enforce conforming open container laws.