Feds Hold Highway Grants Ransom With Excessive Red Tape - Only 5 States Qualify

Regulators and advocacy groups have attached so many strings to highway safety incentive grants that few states have qualified for millions in federal dollars.

As a result, the money intended to help save lives through graduated licensing, ignition interlocks and distracted driving prevention has been diverted to other transportation programs since the grants became available in 2012.

Jonathan Adkins, executive director of the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), says the incentive grants were well-intentioned, but aren't helping change laws.

"Incentives should encourage states to reach for the next level in improving their highway safety laws, not be so unreasonable that qualification is impossible," Adkins says. "As written now, the incentives have had little to no impact at improving highway safety."

mrcassis - 8/4/2014 1:20:13 PM

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This situation is Obama's fault. He should be impeached for it.
Red tape is Obama's fault. He should be impeached for it.
Too many regulations are Obama's fault. He should be impeached for them.

MattDarringer - 8/4/2014 3:09:39 PM

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The Liberals tend to believe in a law or regulation for everything. I'd rather get rid of excessive laws and regulations.

40flash - 8/4/2014 11:38:48 PM

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There must be 1000 reasons why Obummer should be impeached. That one i rather small and insignificant compared to the other 999.

RobertPaulson - 8/6/2014 1:44:20 PM

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Yep, it's Obama's fault. Let's blame this ineffectual weakling in Mom Jeans for yet another issue.

Then turn your attention George W. Bush, Clinton, the original George Bush and even the Lord Almighty Ronald Reagan. Then keep going.

Every president since Ike used the purse-strings of the Federal Govt to compel the individual states to do what it felt was best. For example: The 1974 Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act which prohibited speed limits greater than 55 MPH. Brilliant.