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 Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) received a $348,863.24 federal Formula Grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616). This grant funding will support IDOT's efforts to enforce the state's distracted driving laws through educational advertising, placement of traffic signs, and law enforcement activities. The grant provides flexibilities to use funds for any eligible use under the Section 402 grant program, which aims to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes. The grant award period is from October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2027. IDOT, as the state government agency responsible for Illinois' transportation network, will utilize this funding to implement various countermeasure strategies detailed in its approved Highway Safety Plan to address the critical issue of distracted driving in the state.

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.