The purpose of the project proposed by the nassau county police department motor carrier safety unit isto reduce the average number of large truck and bus accidents by at least 55 (10 ) each year…

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $1,999,073 Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grant (CFDA 20.237) to the Nassau County Police Department's Motor Carrier Safety Unit. The grant funds will be used to reduce the average number of large truck and bus accidents by at least 10% annually over the 2-year grant performance period. Key activities include enhanced enforcement to improve commercial motor vehicle (CMV) work zone safety, as well as efforts to better identify CMV operators with drug and alcohol violations that prohibit them from legally driving. As a sub-awardee under the State of New York, the Nassau County Police Department has leveraged prior federal grants to provide a range of safety, security, and law enforcement services targeting critical infrastructure and high-risk commercial vehicle operations.

The purpose of the project proposed by the nassau county police department motor carrier safety unit isto reduce the average number of large truck and bus accidents by at least 55 (10 ) each year during thegrants period of performance. The nassau county police department motor carrier safety unit willconduct enforcement to enhance commercial motor vehicle work zone safety. The nassau county policedepartment motor carrier safety unit will endeavor to improve the identification of operators that havedrug and alcohol violations which prohibit them from lawfully driving a commercial motor vehicle.