Impaired Driving

Montana has one of the highest alcohol related fatality rates in the nation per vehicle mile traveled. Montana is also identified as one of 13 states by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as a Strategic Evaluation State because of its high impaired driving rate.

OUR GOALS

• Reduce alcohol-related fatality rate to .88 per 100 million vehicle miles travelled by 2013.
• Reduce the percentage of alcohol-related fatalities to 42% by 2013.

How are we doing?

THE LAW

61-8-731 DUI Laws
61-8-460 Open Container Law
61-2-106 DUI Task Force
DUI Penalties - Summary
Minor In Possession Penalties
Driver License Sanctions

PROGRAMS

Assessment, Course, and Treatment (A.C.T. Program)
DUI Courts
DUI Task Forces
Senate Joint Committee Studies DUI Laws and Enforcement
Respect the Cage
Selective Traffic Enforcement Programs (STEP)
Purchase DUI-Related Equipment
Safe On All Roads (SOAR)

BIG SKY ALCOHOL EDUCATION SUMMIT

Summit Website
Additional Information

RESOURCES

Ignition Interlock Vendors
Impaired Driving Assessment
Impaired Driving Brochures
Montana Impaired Driving Data 2011 | 2010 | 2009
Montana's Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor (TSRP)
NHTSA: Countermeasures that Work
Recognizing Impaired Drivers – law enforcement tools (SFST, ARIDE, DRE)
Stop Impaired Driving
Stop Underage Drinking
Traffic Safety Marketing

Websites encouraging dialog between parents and teens:
Under YOUR Influence

  

In the News

Alcohol in Montana: Montana's drunken-driving crisis
DUI: Montana's Deadly Crisis

PUBLICATIONS

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TRAINING

Alcohol Server Training | Schedule
Assessment, Course, and Treatment (A.C.T. Program)
SFST, ARIDE and DRE training
Standardized Field Sobriety Testing 3-day Course
Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Refresher Course

CONTACT

Program Manager
State Highway Traffic Safety Office
406.444.7411