Section 405(e) distracted driving grant (23 C.F.R. & 1300.24; 23 U.S.C. & 405(e)) - grant to support enforcement of the state's distracted driving laws through educational advertising, placement of…

The Georgia Department of Public Safety received a $244,888.49 formula grant award under the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616). The grant supports the enforcement of Georgia's distracted driving laws through educational advertising, placement of traffic signs, and law enforcement activities. Funds can also be used flexibly for any eligible activities under the Section 402 grant program. The grant term runs from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027 and aims to help reduce motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and fatalities in Georgia. As Georgia's designated State Highway Safety Office, the Department of Public Safety will administer these federal highway safety funds to address national priorities such as occupant protection, impaired driving, traffic records improvements, and non-motorized safety.

Section 405(e) distracted driving grant (23 C.F.R. & 1300.24; 23 U.S.C. & 405(e)) - grant to support enforcement of the state's distracted driving laws through educational advertising, placement of traffic signs, and law enforcement activities with flexibilities to use funds for any eligible use under the section 402 grant program. 405(e) funding is available to qualifying states that enact and enforce a law that prohibits texting while driving or prohibits youth cell phone use while driving. These funds are provided to the state and territorial highway safety offices based on an approved triennial highway safety plan that details problem identification, public participation and engagement, performance measures, countermeasure strategies for programming funds and an approved annual grant application that details planned projects using identified countermeasure strategies for programming funds to help reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes.