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Drinking and driving has been a serious problem in Virginia since the 1940s. The history of what has come to be known as VASAP is thought to begin with the development of the four alcohol countermeasure activities of the MANN Commission, formed in 1966, which recommended that Virginia respond to the Federal Highway Safety Act of 1966. Through federal funding, a state Highway Safety Division was formed, later to become the Department of Transportation Safety.
In 1972, a pilot program in Fairfax County was established, being one of 35 national programs funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
In 1975, the State Department of Transportation Safety submitted legislation to the Virginia General Assembly to expand the program statewide. This legislation enabled the local VASAP programs to become self-supporting through the collection of a client fee authorized by the General Assembly.
Today there are 24 local programs, operating in accordance with the five (5) component target areas. (learn more...)
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