This award to the county of suffolk aims to focus enforcement on both CMV s large trucks and passenger carrying vehicles and non CMV vehicles, targeting aggressive and distracted driving violations,…

This $1.74 million project grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to Suffolk County, New York aims to focus enforcement efforts on commercial and passenger vehicles. Specifically, the County will use the funding under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237) to target aggressive and distracted driving violations such as speeding, tailgating, cell phone use while driving, texting, and non-compliance with New York's Move Over law requiring vehicles to slow down or change lanes near stopped emergency vehicles. The project will run from July 1, 2022 through September 30, 2024. This grant supports the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's mission of reducing crashes, injuries and fatalities involving commercial motor vehicles through partnerships with state and local entities for high priority activities.

This award to the county of suffolk aims to focus enforcement on both CMV s large trucks and passenger carrying vehicles and non CMV vehicles, targeting aggressive and distracted driving violations, including speeding, tailgating, hands on cell phone usage, texting, and infractions of new york state s move over law, which requires motorists to slow down and or change lanes for stopped emergency and hazard vehicles speeding and distracted driving both continue to be among the leading causes of crashes that result in injuries and fatalities