Demonstration to Promote Motorcycle Helmet Use

Funding Opportunity Number: DTNH22-13-R-00717 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Business and CommerceCFDA Number: 20.614Eligible Applicants State governmentsAgency Name: DOT-NHTSAClosing Date: Jul 18, 2013Award Ceiling: $2,250,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Jun 27, 2013Funding Opportunity Description: 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SEWashington, D.C. 20590U.S. Departmentof Transportation National HighwayTraffic Safety Administration PRE-SOLICITATION SYNOPSISNotice Date: 27 June 2013Solicitation Number: DTNH22-13-R-00717Response Due: 30 July 2013BACKGROUND:Motorcyclist FatalitiesFor the eleven year period of 1998 through 2008, motorcyclist fatalities increased every year according to the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), more than doubling from 2,116 in 1997 to 5,312 in 2008. A number of factors are believed to account for this decade-long increase in motorcyclist fatalities, including: expanding motorcycle sales; increases in the percentage of older riders; increases in motorcycle engine sizes and increases in motorcycle power-to-weight ratios; use of motorcycle helmets that are not compliant with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 218, Motorcycle Helmets, in States with Universal motorcycle helmet use laws enacted; and, the lack of mo...
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Business and Commerce Source Type: funding