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Title:
STRATEGIES FOR DEALING WITH THE PERSISTENT DRINKING DRIVER. APPENDIX C: WORKSHOP BACKGROUND PAPERS. C3. ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES TO REDUCE CHRONIC DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED
Accession Number:
00676509
Abstract:
Chronic drunk driving is often exhibited by persons who have not been arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI). Analyses of ways to reduce this behavior must go beyond analyses of specific deterrence and reeducation and treatment of arrested offenders. This paper reviews environmental interventions to reduce persistent DWI. Environmental interventions that have been demonstrated to reduce DWI and related fatal crashes are as follows: the minimum legal drinking age of 21; increased taxes on alcohol; server intervention and legislation requiring server intervention training is a condition of alcohol sales licensing; active enforcement of server training laws targeting alcohol sales outlets; dram shop legislation; maintaining state monopoly control over sales of alcoholic beverages; reducing alcohol outlet density on a geographical and per capita population basis; and lowering legal blood alcohol limits (to .00-.02 percent for drivers under 21; to .08 percent for adults; and to .04 percent for repeat offenders).
Supplemental Notes:
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Report/Paper Numbers:
HS-041 995
Corporate Authors:
Transportation Research Board
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States
Media Type:
Digital/other
Features:
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Subject Areas:
Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor
Created Date:
Apr 7 1995 12:00AM
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