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 Tennessee Department of Safety will receive $13.5 million under the Alcohol Open Container Requirements federal Formula Grant program administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration between October 2022 and September 2026. The grant aims to encourage states to enact and enforce compliant open container laws prohibiting possession of open alcoholic beverages to reduce alcohol-impaired driving. As the awardee, the Tennessee Highway Patrol division of the Department of Safety will support the state's efforts to curb alcohol-impaired driving through enforcement of open container prohibitions and other countermeasures. The funding furthers the program's objective of incentivizing adoption of open container laws to avoid penalty transfers under Section 154 of Title 23.

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.