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

This paper describes a modified sobriety checkpoint program that uses passive sensors and can be implemented by small to moderate-sized communities to deter impaired driving at a level of effectiveness similar to the high level achieved by several Australian states in their random breath test (RBT) programs. The system envisages three to five traffic patrol officers coming together for a 1- to 2-h period to conduct minicheckpoints with passive sensors (Passpoints) as a regular feature of their patrol activity. The proposed procedures for establishing and conducting the program are described. It is suggested that the program offers an opportunity to institutionalize random screening of drivers in most U.S. communities.

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English

p. 45-53

2005-1

Transportation Research Circular

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

References

Alcohol breath tests; Countermeasures; Drunk driving; Impaired drivers; Implementation; Police patrol; Random breath tests; Sobriety checkpoints

Australia; United States

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 PROBLEM DRIVER DETECTION SYSTEM: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
• VEHICLE SANCTIONS FOR REPEAT DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED OFFENDERS: FACTORS THAT FACILITATE OR IMPEDE THEIR ADOPTION OR IMPLEMENTATION