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Commentary on History of DWI Enforcement: What Does It Tell Us About DUID Enforcement?
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01025819

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Abstract:

In 1952, Borkenstein announced the invention of the breathalyzer, the first practical device for police to use to collect evidential quality blood alcohol information on drivers arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI). Recent technological developments for collecting and analyzing drugs in saliva and urine are providing officers in the field and at the police station with the tools to detect substance abuse in individuals arrested for impaired driving. This is ushering in an age in enforcement of driving under the influence of drugs (DUID) laws similar to that produced half a century ago by the breathalyzer. Although the current DUID measurement methods are not yet accepted for evidential purposes by the courts, they give promise of doing so in the near future. Therefore, it is useful to consider, as this paper does, the lessons learned over the last half century in enforcing DWI laws with chemical test data.

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Monograph Accession #:

01025806

Language:

English

Authors:

Voas, Robert B

Pagination:

pp 107-116

Publication Date:

2006-5

Serial:

Transportation Research Circular

Issue Number: E-C096
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0097-8515

Conference:

Drugs and Traffic: A Symposium

Location: Woods Hole Massachusetts, United States
Date: 2005-6-20 to 2005-6-21
Sponsors: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; National Institute on Drug Abuse; Transport Canada; International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety; Transportation Research Board

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Subject Areas:

Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

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TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jun 22 2006 9:02AM

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