Responsibility.org
December 2, 2024
Responsibility.org works with GHSA on a number of initatives relating to eliminating drunk and drug-impaired driving.
Governors Highway Safety Association
The States' Voice on Highway Safety
GHSA and Responsibility.org focus on alcohol-impaired driving as well as the growing issue of drugged driving and multi-substance impaired (alcohol and drugs) driving. GHSA and Responsibility.org partner to provide resources to both State Highway Safety Offices (SHSOs) and law enforcement agencies.
State Grants
Each year, GHSA and Responsibility.org provide grants to states to improve their ability to detect impaired drivers and remove them from the road.
2024 Grants
The State Highway Safety Offices received funding to raise awareness of the consequences of refusing a toxicological test in Colorado, enhance the number of trained DRE officers and phlebotomists in northern Idaho and organize and host “green labs” throughout the Missouri.
Since 2016, Responsibility.org has awarded more than $1.1M to states.
Cannabis Consumers and Safe Driving: Responsible Use Messaging
In 2022, GHSA and Responsibility.org published a report with the National Alliance to Stop Impaired Driving (NASID) providing guidance to states and their partners through identifying best practices in marijuana and driving messaging. Examples of evidence-based initiatives, partnering tips and recommendations are included on the types of messages that do and don’t work.
Partner
Related Resources
State Highway Safety Showcases
February 25, 2025
Impaired Driving Grant Result: Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
GHSA and Responsibility.org provided a $30,000 grant to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation partnered with the Lackawanna County Treatment Court to pilot a program to address impaired driving and improve roadway safety.
State Highway Safety Showcases
February 25, 2025
Impaired Driving Grant Result: Pennsylvania (Center for Forensic Science Research and Education)
GHSA and Responsibility.org provided a $50,000 grant to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to conduct comprehensive drug testing to address impaired driving and make roads safer for everyone.
State Highway Safety Showcases
February 25, 2025
Impaired Driving Grant Result: Ohio
GHSA and Responsibility.org provided a $15,000 the Ohio Traffic Safety Office to purchase technology that allows law enforcement officers to manually test subjects’ eye movements, improving the detection of impaired driving.