Highway Safety (Section 402) Program

NMDOT's Traffic Safety Division funds, monitors and implements projects and programs to eliminate roadway fatalities and injuries, including DWI enforcement and prevention, occupant protection, police traffic services (overtime funds for local law enforcement traffic enforcement in high-risk areas), motorcycle safety, pedestrian and bicyclist safety, and driver education. Under the federal Section 402 program, funds implement the State's Highway Safety Plan through data-driven initiatives that...