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

The papers by Simon and Beirness provide comprehensive pictures of the judicial and administrative challenges facing vehicle sanctions and ignition interlock programs, respectively, for repeat driving while intoxicated (DWI) offenders. They both point out that offenders know that the probability of being caught driving while suspended is extremely low, especially if the offender obeys all rules of the road and is not involved in a crash. Neither stresses, however, the additional issue that vehicles are often "disposable" items to this population. The ready availability of inexpensive vehicles coupled with the various vehicle registration avoidance possibilities highlighted by Simon militate against the widespread success of any vehicle-based sanction. Further comments on the two papers examine other issues such as cost effectiveness, data integration, making interlocks mandatory in all vehicles, the driving performance of alcohol-dependent people when they are sober, and electronic monitoring of offenders.

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2005-1

Transportation Research Circular

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

Alcohol ignition interlock devices; Alcoholism; Cost effectiveness; Countermeasures; Drunk driving; Impaired drivers; Implementation; Repeat offenders; Sanctions

Data integration; Electronic monitoring (Human beings)

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

TRIS, TRB

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 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
• 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