drug use and driver behavior highway safety research

drug use and driver behavior highway safety research Sec. 208. (a) Section 403 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting “(a)” immediately before the first sentence thereof, and by striking out “this section” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “this subsection”, and by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: “(b) In addition to the research authorized by subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary, in consultation with such other Government and private agencies as may be necessary, is authorized to carry out safety research on the following: “(1) The relationship between the consumption and use of drugs and their effect upon highway safety and drivers of motor vehicles; and “(2) Driver behavior research, including the characteristics of driver performance, the relationships of mental and physical abilities or disabilities to the driving task, and the relationship of frequency of driver accident involvement to highway safety. “(c) The research authorized by subsection (b) of this section may be conducted by the Secretary through grants and contracts with public and private agencies, institutions, and individuals.” (b) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the amendments made by this section by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the Highway Trust Fund, the sum of $10,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1914, June 30, 1975, and June 30, 1976.