County Attorney's Traffic Safety (CATS)

The program was designed to:

• Improve the safety of the roads in Henderson County, Kentucky (and surrounding areas) by increasing driver knowledge, experience and accountability
• Increase the participation of community volunteering to non-profit organizations and religious organizations
• Provide traffic offenders with an option to maintain a good driving record
• Save time by alleviating crowded court dockets
• Save the traffic offender costly court costs and statutory fines in these tough economic times
• To help offenders prevent insurance premium increase

Rationale

Traffic offenders who qualify can avoid costly court cost, statutory fines and other ramifications of minor offenses by enrolling in and successfully completing the CATS Program. This program is designed to specifically address the behavior of the offender and the safety of the community. The educational course aims to bring awareness of the risks and reasons to practice safer driving habits. The driving simulator aims to increase driver knowledge and experience in risky and dangerous situations and illustrate the dangers of distracted driving and drunk driving.

Purpose

The CATS Program is designed to reinforce safe driving principles, to instill a sense of community responsibility, and to help those who have committed a moving violation to avoid points and potential insurance premium increases.