Florida Motor Unit Challenge Overview
What is the Motor Unit Challenge Program?
The Florida Motor Unit Challenge is a competition among Motorcycle Enforcement Units from across the state. It recognizes and rewards the best overall Motor Units in Florida. The areas of concentration include efforts to enforce traffic safety laws and educate the public about occupant protection, impaired driving, speeding, and other areas of traffic safety. Departments submit an application that documents their agency's enforcement efforts and effectiveness in these areas. The exemplary Motor Unit programs are those that combine enforcement, public information, and education to reduce crashes and injuries within their respective jurisdictions.
Why does the FDOT conduct this program?
This program is financed through grants from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and the National Highway Traffic safety Administration (NHTSA). Proven by research, it is well known that an increase in traffic enforcement in conjunction with an education effort within a community results in a decrease in motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and fatalities. This program complements all other training and public information programs that the FDOT and NHTSA implement to promote traffic safety.
Why is this program conducted?
This program is financed through grants from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Proven by research, it is well known that an increase in traffic enforcement in conjunction with an educational effort within a community results in a decrease in motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and fatalities. This program complements all other training and public information programs that both FDOT and NHTSA implement to promote traffic safety.
Who is eligibility to participate?
Only state and local law enforcement agencies within Florida with active Motorcycle Enforcement Units are eligible for participation in the Motor Unit Challenge.
How are the applications scored?
The applications are entered into a formulated spreadsheet for scoring and placement. The spreadsheet will calculate the percentage change in the total number of citations issued, the percentage change in total number of crashes, and the percentage change in the seat belt usage rate for each participating agency.
Funded by Florida Department of Transportation
