Washington

A newly released revamp of Washington State’s Target Zero road safety plan offers policymakers a potential blueprint for reversing the recent trend of increasing traffic fatalities and serious injuries.

With support from General Motors, GHSA awarded the Washington highway safety office a grant to pilot and evaluate a distracted driving prevention project in Pierce County.

With support from General Motors, GHSA awarded the District of Columbua highway safety office a grant to address the issue of distracted driving in the nation’s capital.

The Washington Traffic Safety Commission has announced a partnership with Cambridge Mobile Telematics and Michelin Mobility Intelligence to utilize large-scale telematics data aimed at assessing and improving roadway safety across the state.

GHSA and Michelin Mobility Intelligence (MMI) have awarded a total of $300,000 to three states for advanced traffic safety data collection and analysis.

GHSA and GM are supporting grants to create and evaluate local distracted driving prevention programs in the District of Columbia (D.C.) and Washington state.

This study examined the impact of ignition interlock device (IID) Compliance-Based Removal (CBR) laws and recidivism.

A GHSA study shows that state laws preventing ignition interlock device removal until the convicted offender can prove compliance can help reduce repeat offenses.