State Highway Safety Showcases

Since January 1, 2020, Illinois residents 21-years and older can legally purchase cannabis from licensed sellers with or without a medical card. Through a grant funded by GHSA and Responsibility.org, the Illinois State Highway Safety Office used the funding to expand its ability to test drivers arrested for impairment by synthetic opioids by partnering with the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Analytical Forensic Toxicology Lab (AFTL).

Through a grant funded by GHSA and Responsibility.org, the Connecticut Department of Transportation Highway Safety Office (CDOT HSO) delivered the state’s first green lab, providing law enforcement officers with training and advanced information on how to identify impairment by cannabis. Additionally, CDOT HSO developed an operation plan which is now the blueprint for future green labs.

Through a grant from GHSA and General Motors, the Nebraska Department of Transportation Highway Safety Office (NDOT HSO) conducted research on distracted driving in partnership with Acusensus, an advanced imaging and artificial intelligence company.

Through a grant from GHSA and General Motors, MT HSO partnered with local FCCLA chapters to encourage their members to develop and implement distracted driving campaigns in their communities.

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) used grant funding from GHSA and General Motors to expand outreach of the BUPD program to three groups: elementary school students, high school students and employers.

Through a grant from GHSA and General Motors, the Massachusetts Highway Safety Division (Division) worked with Safe Roads Alliance (SRA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives by providing educational services to all drivers, to expand their “Kids Speaking Up for Road Safety” program.

To combat distracted driving, through a grant from GHSA and General Motors, the Maryland Highway Safety Office (MHSO) identified data collection, enforcement, infrastructure, legislation, outreach, and vehicle engineering and technologies as reduction target strategies.

Then, through a grant from GHSA and General Motors, KOHS conducted research on the target age group’s awareness of the BUPD campaign.

Through a grant from GHSA and General Motors, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) expanded its anti-distracted driving effort by sponsoring a video contest in partnership with high schools across the state.

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) used a grant from GHSA, ride-hailing company Lyft and Responsibility.org to promote and encourage safe transportation alternatives in the Houston area, which has the nation’s highest number of impaired driving fatalities.