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http://onlinepubs.trb.org...nepubs/circulars/ec072.pdf

The author comments on the paper "Putting Research into Action: Sobriety Checkpoints Save Lives" by J.C. Fell, J.H. Lacey and R.B. Voas that addresses the use of sobriety checkpoints as an impaired driving countermeasure. He discusses three main reasons that were cited in the paper for the infrequent use of sobriety checkpoints in jurisdictions that can legally implement them: (1) lack of police resources and funding; (2) lack of support by task forces and citizen activists; and (3) perception that checkpoints are not productive or cost-effective. He concludes that police culture may work against checkpoint implementation, and that persuading agencies and officers of the value of checkpoints may require adjustments in personnel selection. Also, he concludes that creative teaching and training techniques may help officers to internalize values consistent with the use of checkpoints. He points out that police officers' reliance on roadside instruments (such as portable breath testers) to determine alcohol impairment may result in a decrease in their ability to determine impairment from nonalcohol causes (such as other drugs) and a deterioration in impairment-detection ability.

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p. 54-57

2005-1

Transportation Research Circular

Putting Research Into Action: A Symposium on the Implementation of Research-Based Impaired Driving Countermeasures

Alcohol breath tests; Countermeasures; Drugged drivers; Drunk driving; Education and training; Impaired drivers; Implementation; Personnel; Police; Selection and appointment; Sobriety checkpoints

Education and Training; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

TRIS, TRB

Mar 22 2005 12:00AM

• CHALLENGES TO IGNITION INTERLOCK PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
• COMMENTARY ON "GENERAL THEORY ON TRANSLATING RESEARCH INTO POLICY AND PRACTICE"
• COMMENTARY ON "MINORITIES AND PRIMARY VERSUS SECONDARY BELT USE ENFORCEMENT"
• COMMENTARY ON "THE FALL AND RISE OF GRADUATED LICENSING IN NORTH AMERICA," "THE CASE FOR 0.08% PER SE LAWS," AND UNDERAGE DRINKING ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
• COMMENTARY ON "VEHICLE SANCTIONS FOR REPEAT DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED OFFENDERS" AND ON "CHALLENGES TO IGNITION INTERLOCK PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION"
• GENERAL THEORY ON TRANSLATING RESEARCH INTO POLICY AND PRACTICE
• IMPLEMENTING IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTERMEASURES: PUTTING RESEARCH INTO ACTION, A SYMPOSIUM, AUGUST 21-23, 2003, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA. FOREWORD
• MEASURING SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY ACTION IN ALCOHOL PREVENTION
• MINORITIES AND PRIMARY VERSUS SECONDARY BELT USE ENFORCEMENT
• PREVENTING ALCOHOL-RELATED PROBLEMS: PUBLIC POLICY STRATEGIES
• PUTTING RESEARCH INTO ACTION: SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS SAVE LIVES
• THE CASE FOR 0.08% PER SE LAWS
• THE FALL AND RISE OF GRADUATED LICENSING IN NORTH AMERICA
• THE PASSPOINT SYSTEM--PASSIVE SENSORS AT MINICHECKPOINTS: BRINGING AUSTRALIA'S RANDOM BREATH TEST SYSTEM TO THE UNITED STATES
• THE PROBLEM DRIVER DETECTION SYSTEM: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
• VEHICLE SANCTIONS FOR REPEAT DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED OFFENDERS: FACTORS THAT FACILITATE OR IMPEDE THEIR ADOPTION OR IMPLEMENTATION