Florida Department of

TRANSPORTATION

State Safety Office

Impaired Driving 

An "impaired driver" is one who operates a motor vehicle while affected by alcohol and/or other drugs, including prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, or illicit substances.

Programs receiving grant funding in this priority area are focused on four major program related categories:

1. Prevention: Education and Enforcement programs aimed at deterring impaired driving.

2. Criminal Justice System Support: Enforcement of DUI Laws, Training for Prosecution and Adjudication of DUI offenders, and Administrative Sanctions and Driver Licenses Programs.

3. Communication: Public awareness and education activities targeting at risk demographics and geographic locations.

4. Alcohol and other drug use: Screening, Assessment, Treatment and Rehabilitation: DUI Courts and counseling services.

Items eligible for funding under this category may include: in-car video systems, public awareness materials, and DUI checkpoint equipment, including trailers, light towers, traffic cones, arrow boards, and generators.

All program areas funded with grant funds are required to have an evaluation method that will allow assessment of the funded program's llevel of success in reducing fatalities and injuries.

Impaired Driving Countermeasures

The Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasure Incentive Grant Program was initially authorized by the Omnibus Drug Initiative of 1989 and has been reauthorized and amended a number of times since. The program is administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) at the federal level and the State Highway Safety Offices (SHSOs) at the state level.

This program provides incentive grants to to reduce traffic safety problems resulting from impaired driving.

Impaired Driving Resources and Links
Florida's Impaired Driving Coalition	FL DUI Assessment Final Report
2010 NHTSA Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fact Sheet

For more information contact Will Grissom @ (850) 414-4207