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http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/169412.aspx

http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/169412.aspx

The limited effectiveness of incapacitating and deterring drinking drivers through jail and driver license suspension has led to the exploration of additional measures to better control their driving risk. One class of relatively new measures targets the vehicles driven by impaired drivers. Vehicle-based countermeasures can be classified into three major categories: (a) increase the visibility of the vehicle by confiscating or marking the license plate or the registration tags, thereby deterring the offender from driving it illicitly; (b) physically remove offenders’ access to their vehicles by immobilizing, impounding, or forfeiting the vehicle; or (c) allow access to the vehicle but prevent it from being driven by a drinking driver through the installation of an ignition interlock device. This paper will concentrate on the first two categories of vehicle-based countermeasures. Vehicle-based countermeasures have been used for more than two decades, but were given a boost through the enactment of the federal transportation bill, Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, which was passed in 1998. This bill provided a financial incentive for states to enact either a vehicle impoundment or ignition interlock law, and following its enactment several states passed vehicle impoundment laws. The increased use of vehicle impoundment and vehicle license plate countermeasures has provided the opportunity to conduct evaluations examining their effectiveness, and there is a growing body of evidence that they are an important strategy for controlling impaired drivers.

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English

pp 20-31

2013-8

Transportation Research Circular

Countermeasures to Address Impaired Driving Offenders: Toward an Integrated Model

Web

References

Countermeasures; Impaired drivers; License plates; Motor vehicles; Sanctions

Vehicle forfeiture; Vehicle impoundment

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

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Aug 29 2013 1:55PM

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