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3 results foundAuthor: Solomon, Mark G. Title: The 2006 National Labor Day Impaired Driving Enforcement Crackdown: Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest Summary: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's 2006 Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest. Labor Day holiday campaign had three main components: (1) DWI enforcement, (2) public awareness efforts, and (3) evaluation. The program used approximately $10 million in Congressionally funded television and radio advertisements. The message was that police would arrest drivers if they were caught driving drunk. Thirty states reported spending $8 million locally on similar messages. Eighteen nights of enforcement focused on apprehending intoxicated drivers. Forty-eight states reported over 40,000 DWI arrests. National random sample telephone surveys conducted prior to and just after the campaign found that the media effort increased awareness of the enforcement crackdown and a small increase in the perceived likelihood of being stopped for drinking and driving, but indicated no self-reported changes in drinking driving behavior. The number of alcohol-related fatalities were essentially unchanged from the year before; drivers with positive blood alcohol concentrations who were male, aged 18 to 34, decreased in number from 2005 to 2006. Case studies document recent efforts in 8 states, demonstrating that states can achieve significant reductions in alcohol-related crashes when they engage in sustained high-visibility enforcement. Several of these states accomplished sizable decreases in alcohol-related deaths due to their programs. Details: Trumbull, CT: Preusser Research Group, Inc., 2008. 44p., app. Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Year: 2008 Country: United States URL: Shelf Number: 118530 Keywords: AlcoholCrackdownsDriving Under the InfluenceDrunk DrivingMedia CampaignsPublicitySobriety Checkpoints |
Author: Stuster, Jack Title: Experimental Evaluation of Sobriety Checkpoint Programs Summary: Six California communities were selected to participate in the study on the basis of comparability and isolation from each other. Four of the communities' police departments implemented programs of sobriety checkpoints; the checkpoint configurations varied in terms of staffing level (three to five officers vs eight to twelve) and mobility of the checkpoints (remaining in one location for the evening vs three sequential locations within the city). The fifth community's police department implemented a program of aggressive roving patrols that focused on DWI enforcement. The sixth community refrained from implementing any special DWI enforcement effort for the duration of the project and served as the experimental comparison site; statewide totals provided additional comparison. The level of effort devoted to the roving patrols was equal to the officer hours required to operate the highstaffing level checkpoints. The California Office of Traffic Safety provided each of the checkpoint departments with a trailer and equipment-set necessary to conduct their programs of frequent checkpoints (18 in a nine-month period). Committees of concerned local citizens were organized to develop and implement vigorous public information and education programs to support the special enforcement efforts. Crash, arrest, and BAC data were obtained from the participating police departments and a state reporting system; and, data regarding public awareness of the programs and perceived risk of arrest were obtained through a survey conducted at local Department of Motor Vehicles offices. There were no significant differences in the decline in alcohol involved crashes among the four configurations of checkpoints tested in this study. Thus, decisions regarding an optimum checkpoint configuration can be made on the basis of other factors, including cost, traffic volume, and demographics. Further, the checkpoint communities experienced declines in the proportions of alcohol-involved crashes of 43, 32, 19, and 16 percent, while the state wide decline for communities was only eight percent; the proportion in the roving patrol community declined by five percent. Paired samples analyses found a statistically significant reduction in alcohol-involved crashes in one of the sobriety checkpoint programs, and for all of the checkpoint programs when data from the four checkpoint communities were combined. Logistic regression analysis indicated alcohol involved crashes declined significantly in the checkpoint sites, and did not change significantly at the comparison site during corresponding periods. Comparing with statewide data, the checkpoint communities' decline was more than 3 times greater. Details: Santa Barbara, CA: Anacapa Sciences, 1995. 159p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed December 1, 2017 at: https://ntl.bts.gov/lib/25000/25900/25932/DOT-HS-808-287.pdf Year: 1995 Country: United States URL: https://ntl.bts.gov/lib/25000/25900/25932/DOT-HS-808-287.pdf Shelf Number: 122535 Keywords: AlcoholDriving Under the Influence Driving While Intoxicated Drunk Driving Sobriety Checkpoints |
Author: Traffic Injury Research Foundation Title: Marijuana Use Among Drivers in Canada, 2000-2015 Summary: Public concern about drug-impaired driving in general and marijuana-impaired driving in particular has increased in recent years. Marijuana studies have shown that the psychoactive chemical delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol (or THC) enters the user's bloodstream and brain immediately after smoking or consuming marijuana, and has impairing effects. In addition, research on drivers in fatal crashes has shown that THC-positive drivers are more than twice as likely to crash as THC-free drivers (Grondel 2016). There is also evidence from surveys of Canadian drivers suggesting that the prevalence of marijuana use is greater among drivers aged 16 to 19 years than drivers in other age groups (Robertson et al. 2017). With the legalization of recreational marijuana in Canada, continued monitoring of this road safety topic is timely. This fact sheet, sponsored by Desjardins, examines the role of marijuana in collisions involving fatally injured drivers in Canada between 2000 and 2015. Data from TIRF's National Fatality Database were used to prepare this fact sheet which explores trends in the use of marijuana among fatally injured drivers, and the characteristics of these drivers. Other topics that are examined include the presence of different categories of drugs among fatally injured drivers in different age groups as well as comparisons of the presence of marijuana and alcohol among this population of drivers. Details: Ottawa: Traffic Injury Research Foundation, 2018. 6p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 25, 2018 at: http://tirf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Marijuana-Use-Among-Drivers-in-Canada-2000-2015-7.pdf Year: 2018 Country: Canada URL: http://tirf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Marijuana-Use-Among-Drivers-in-Canada-2000-2015-7.pdf Shelf Number: 153029 Keywords: Alcohol Driving Under InfluenceDriving While IntoxicatedLegalizationMarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaSubstance UseTraffic AccidentsWeed |