Pulling a driver over used to be the only option, but a new program being piloted outside of San Antonio hopes to transform the traditional traffic stop.

It's called Trusted Driver.

"We're just giving another option to motorists and another tool to officers to help keep themselves safe and help keep the public safe," Trusted Driver CEO Val Garcia said.

Garcia is a retired San Antonio police officer who said the idea was born out of recent tragedies.

"With different situations that were happening across the country, like George Floyd, and of course, some other instances like Philando Castile and Sandra Bland, it brought the topic up again," Garcia said.

You can choose to enroll in the program, much like TSA Pre-check when you fly. But this program is free for drivers.

"You can enter a disability you have, a medical condition, any other disability, somebody who is deaf, somebody who has PTSD, somebody who is diabetic, somebody who has autism," Garcia said.

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