Improve and increase enforcement capabilities for addressing distracted driving.
Strategy
Countermeasures
Countermeasures for strategy 3 were identified in the following categories.
Traffic enforcement
*Use Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grants and high-visibility enforcement techniques to enforce distracted-driving state laws and local ordinances.
* Action Plan
STEP Grants
Use crash data to determine the deployment of distracted-driving STEP grants.
Law enforcement
Encourage law enforcement personnel to report cell phone use in crash reports and citations when applicable; provide distracted-driving educational tools for law enforcement.
Legislation
Catalogue and disseminate state laws and local ordinances on distracted driving.
MMUCC
Encourage adoption of the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC) recommendations on distracted driving.
Policies
Identify and disseminate model distracted-driving policies for law enforcement agencies.