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 Department of Public Safety Louisiana was awarded a $131,573.14 Formula Grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616) on October 1, 2023. The grant funding will support the state's efforts to enforce distracted driving laws through educational advertising, traffic sign placement, and law enforcement activities. Allowable uses of the funds also include any eligible expenses under the Section 402 Highway Safety Grant program. As part of this effort, the East Baton Rouge Sheriffs Office received a $69A3752430000405ELAA20243018CU4GWGNU6GM8 sub-award to conduct an Overtime Traffic Safety Enforcement Program as part of Louisiana's Highway Safety Plan for fiscal year 2024.

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.