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

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimated that costs for the nation's alcohol-related crashes reach more than $50 billion annually--accounting for medical treatment, lost productivity, property damage, and emergency services (NHTSA, 2003). Repeat offenders of the driving while intoxicated (DWI) laws represent approximately one-third of the DWI convictions each year. Many of these repeat offenders have had their licenses suspended or revoked but continue to drive. They can do so essentially with impunity because it is very difficult for law enforcement officers to determine that the suspended or revoked driver is on the road so long as he or she does not become involved in a crash, commit a moving violation, or exhibit aberrant behavior. One way of dealing with this problem would be a system to alert the police when a passing motorist might be driving with a suspended license. Such a system would have to provide the officers with key information about the suspended offender so that it would be unlikely that other (innocent) drivers would be stopped or otherwise inconvenienced. NHTSA therefore sponsored a study to assess, develop, and test a problem driver detection system (PDDS) as a countermeasure to continued driving by individuals whose licenses have been suspended because of violations of DWI or driving under the influence (DUI) laws. The study was accomplished in three phases, each of which is briefly outlined in this paper.

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p. 86-89

2005-1

Transportation Research Circular

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

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Countermeasures; Detection and identification; Drunk driving; Impaired drivers; Implementation; Repeat offenders; Suspensions

Electronic monitoring (Human beings); Problem driver detection system

Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

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"
• COMMENTARY ON ENFORCEMENT CHALLENGES
• 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
• VEHICLE SANCTIONS FOR REPEAT DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED OFFENDERS: FACTORS THAT FACILITATE OR IMPEDE THEIR ADOPTION OR IMPLEMENTATION