Connecticut

A regional task force organized by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is working with local law enforcement to stop speeding in its tracks. Officials from the NHTSA, law enforcement representatives, and highway safety officials from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and Connecticut announced the initiative during a joint news conference on Thursday in Seabrook, New Hampshire. The police aren’t looking to hassle drivers, but Kinsman said it doesn’t take long to find people speeding and driving aggressively at excessive speeds.

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.

On Feb. 9 the State of Connecticut hosted a Cannabis Impairment Detection Workshop in Guilford as part of a law enforcement training program. The Connecticut Department of Transportation received a grant from GHSA and Responsibility.org to conduct a combined “wet lab” and “green lab."

One of the biggest questions about cannabis legalization has been "will police be able to tell if a driver is high?" This month, the UConn Transportation Safety Research Center put that to the test, hosting a unique experiment where law enforcement could see how well they could detect impairment.

The National Road Safety Foundation and GHSA awarded grant funding to the Connecticut Highway Safety Office (CT HSO) to support the Watch for Me CT project by promoting safe youth mobility by training teen ambassadors to educate their peers at community-based events.

In an effort to reduce the number of pedestrians hit by cars, a new research project conducted by the state Department of Transportation and the University of Connecticut is studying the type of crossing signals at some intersections.

Five states — Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, and Nevada — are recent recipients of grants to fund innovative initiatives to enhance the identification and treatment of alcohol- and drug-impaired drivers.

The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and Responsibility.org recently awarded Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland and Nevada grants to enhance their ability to deter and detect alcohol- and drug-impaired impaired drivers.

With the funding from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and Responsibility.org, the state will conduct a “green lab,” which involves giving volunteers a controlled dose of cannabis and in some cases a combination of alcohol and cannabis.

The Governors Highway Safety Association and Responsibility.org have awarded grants to five states to fund proven and innovative countermeasures to enhance the identification and treatment of alcohol- and drug-impaired drivers, making America’s streets and highways safer for everyone using them.