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B-159317 1 (1970-04-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkru0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 7-- COMPTROLL.ER GENERAL. 017 THE UNITED STATE3 7 B-159317 APR 2 7 1970 Dear Mr. Taft. This is in reply to a memorandum from your office dated March 31, 1970, forwarding a letter from Mr. Herbert B. Geltner concerning the amount of funds provided to the State of Ohio pursuant to section 402 and 403 of the Highway Safety Act of 1966 (23 U.S.C. 402 and 403). The purpose of the act was to provide for a coordinated national highway safety program through financial assistance to the States to accelerate highway traffic safety programs The National Highway Safety Bureau, Department of Transportation, was established to carry out the provi- sions of the act. Section 402 of the act requires each State to have a highway safety program approved by the Secretary of Transportation, which is designed to reduce traffic accidents, and the deaths, injuries, and property dam- age resulting therefrom. The programs are to be established in accord- ance with uniform standards promulgated by the Secretary of Ttansporta- tion. Standards have been developed by the Secretary, through the National Highway Safety Bureau, in the following areas relating to high- way safety. 1. Periodic motor vehicle inspection 2. Motor vehicle registration 3. Motorcycle safety 4. Driver education 5. Driver lcensing 6. Codeq and laws 7. Traffic courts 8. Alcohol in relation to highway safety 9. Identification and surveillance of accident locations 10. Traffic records 11. Emergency medical services 12. Highway design, construction, and maintenance 13. Traffic control devices 14. Pedestrian safety 15. Police traffic services 16. Debris hazard control and cleanup To accomplish the objectives set forth in section 402 as they relate to these safety standards, funds are made available by the Congress through the Federal-aid highway appropriation authorization acts and ale appor- tioned to the various States and to the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico RELEASED 'i°;: c t f1 oa by the f ie nf gEsatve Lpahon, a reod o Iwhath is kept by the Distibmton Sectcon, Publications Branch, GAS

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