The Police Department of Daytona Beach, Florida will be partnering with local auto shops to provide vouchers for repairing vehicle lights instead of issuing tickets, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports.

With the help of a $7,000 grant from the Minnesota-based nonprofit Lights On, when Daytona Beach officers pull a driver over for non-functional tail lights, headlights, brake lights, or turn signals, they will be presented with a voucher of up to $250 to have the problem fixed.

Within 14 days of receiving the voucher, it may be redeemed at three local participating shops: Teresa's Garage, Gary Yeomans Ford, and John Hall Chevrolet. If the driver is pulled over again and has still failed to resolve the issue, they will then receive a ticket.

The initiative is part of a nationwide effort to improve relations between law enforcement and its local communities. Since launching in 2017, over 11,000 vouchers have been dispersed by more than 160 police departments and redeemed at one of the 389-plus participating auto shops across the U.S.

Not only does the program help alleviate the stress of a traffic stop, but can help low-income individuals comply with the law without putting themselves in a financially vulnerable position.

“The anxiety goes down, the conversation starts where they are talking with each other
instead of at each other,” said Lights On Vice President Sherman Patterson. “That's what it's all about. It's something simple, the humanity is there.”