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 California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) has been awarded a $129,035.88 Formula Grant under the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616). This grant, effective October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027, will fund OTS initiatives to enforce the state's distracted driving laws through educational advertising, placement of traffic signs, and law enforcement activities. The grant also provides flexibilities for OTS to use funds for any eligible use under the Section 402 State and Community Highway Safety Grant program. These funds are allocated to the state based on statutory apportionment formulas and will support California's approved highway safety plan to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities resulting from motor vehicle incidents.

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 apportioned using statutory apportionment formula. 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.