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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
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Results for drunk driving (new zealand)
2 results foundAuthor: Poulsen, Helen Title: Alcohol and Other Drug Use in New Zealand Drivers 2004 to 2009 Summary: The influence of alcohol on road crashes and fatalities has been acknowledged for many years. It is only in more recent years that the use of other types of drugs has been associated with road crashes. While illicit drugs such as cannabis and methamphetamine may dominate, prescription drugs such as sedatives and opioid pain killers can also impair driving skills. The prevalence of drugged driving in NZ is not known. The NZ legislation does not permit random stopping of drivers for the purposes of drug testing, making it difficult to obtain any reliable information about drug use in the general driving population. This study, designed to get a current picture of drug use in the NZ driving population, can be considered only as a pilot study because the driving population available to study is biased and limited. Details: Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Police, 2010. 110p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 23, 2010 at: http://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/Alcohol%20and%20other%20drug%20use%20in%20NZ%20drivers%202010.pdf Year: 2010 Country: New Zealand URL: http://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/Alcohol%20and%20other%20drug%20use%20in%20NZ%20drivers%202010.pdf Shelf Number: 119666 Keywords: Driving Under the InfluenceDrugged DrivingDrunk Driving (New Zealand) |
Author: Neale, Jenny Title: Women and Drink- Driving Summary: Women and drink-driving has been a somewhat contentious topic for some time, given the continuing prevalence of the double standard around women and drinking (Massey 2006). Little is known, however, about women's drink-driving attitudes and behaviours in New Zealand, or about how these may or may not have changed over time. A scan of the relevant literature, from 2000 onwards, found that there was limited information on drink-driving disaggregated by gender, especially in the New Zealand situation. There is some drink-driving research providing evidence on the way in which women drink (or not) and their perceptions of the legal limit (Kypri & Stephenson 2005, Gulliver & Begg 2004); the influence of gender with regard to being a passenger in a car and unsafe behaviour (Williams et al 2007); and persistent drink-driving, using results from the Dunedin longitudinal study (Begg et al 2003). As the New Zealand population ages, the behaviour of older women drivers will become an important area for policy, but at present this area is under-researched. The aim of the current research was to explore the attitudes and behaviours around women and drink-driving, and ascertain the extent to which these had changed over the past decade. The next section of the report is the literature review, which provides the broad context for the research. This is followed by the methods, the results, and the conclusion. Details: Wellington, NZ: Health Services Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, 2014. 68p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 25, 2014 at: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sog/researchcentres/health-services-research-centre/publications/reports/Women-and-drink-driving-version-Final.pdf Year: 2014 Country: New Zealand URL: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sog/researchcentres/health-services-research-centre/publications/reports/Women-and-drink-driving-version-Final.pdf Shelf Number: 132752 Keywords: Driving Under the InfluenceDrunk Driving (New Zealand)Female Offenders |