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 Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) received a $10.7 million Formula Grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the Alcohol Open Container Requirements federal grant program (CFDA 20.607). The grant will support alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures in Virginia from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026.

As outlined in the program description, the funding aims to encourage states to enact and enforce compliant open container laws prohibiting possession of open alcoholic beverages to reduce alcohol-impaired driving. Specifically, the Virginia DMV will use the award to deliver programs and services that further enforce the state's open container law, consistent with the goals of the NHTSA federal grant program to transfer penalty funds to states with conforming open container statutes and penalties.

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.