01133888

Component

http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/161810.aspx

In Australia, strategies to tackle drivers impaired by alcohol or other drugs are based on general deterrence and targeted operations. Random breath testing is widely used across the Australian jurisdictions to combat alcohol impaired driving (drink driving), and most jurisdictions have adopted, or are to adopt, roadside drug testing of drivers. Roadside drug testing supports and extends the previous random breath test (RBT) powers for impaired driving. Australian police now have powers to stop drivers at random to test for alcohol and for specified drugs: THC (cannabis); methylamphetamine (‘speed/ice’); or methylenedioxymethylamphetamine (MDMA or ‘ecstasy’). The penalties provided for drink driving and for drug driving include a substantial fine and loss of drivers license.

01133870

English

pp 204-212

2009-6

Transportation Research Circular

Young Impaired Drivers: The Nature of the Problem and Possible Solutions

Web

Alcohol breath tests; Drugged drivers; Drunk driving; Fines (Penalties); Impaired drivers; Law enforcement; Marijuana; Random breath tests; Revocation

Ecstasy (Drug)

Methamphetamine; Roadside testing

Australia

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

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jul 17 2009 12:13PM

• A Review of the Young Impaired Driver Problem in Australia, with a Particular Focus on New South Wales
• Alcohol Monitoring Technologies: Applications for Youth and Young Impaired Drivers
• Crash Types: Markers of Increased Risk of Alcohol-Involved Crashes Among Teen Drivers
• Criminal Sanctions for Young Impaired Drivers
• Effects of 21 Minimum Legal Drinking Age Laws on Alcohol-Related Driving in the United States
• Effects of a College Community Campaign on Drinking and Driving with a Strong Enforcement Component
• Females and Alcohol-Related Fatal Crashes: Exposure-Adjusted Trends
• History and Effects of Graduated Licensing and Zero Tolerance
• Lack of Information from National Surveys: What We Still Need to Learn About Transition Teens
• Psychosocial and Behavioral Factors That Predict Impaired and Other Risky Driving: Findings from a Longitudinal Study
• Single-Vehicle Fatal Crashes Involving Youth: Trends and a Preliminary Analysis of the Role of Graduated Driver Licensing Laws
• The Consequences of Providing Drinkers with BAC Information on Assessments of Alcohol Impairment and Drunk-Driving Risk
• The Impact of Underage Drinking and Related Laws on Youth Alcohol-Related Fatal Crashes
• The Nature of the Young Impaired Driver Problem in Europe
• The Perspective on Campus
• The Potential for Nighttime Enforcement and Seat Belt Law Upgrades to Impact Alcohol-Related Deaths Among High-Risk Occupants
• Young DUI Offenders Seen in Substance Abuse Treatment
• Young Impaired Driver Involvement in Fatal Crashes
• Young Impaired Drivers: The Nature of the Problem and the Strategies Being Used in the Military