RESULTS OF THE SANTA MONICA PROTOTYPE PROGRAM TO ASSIST AND RE-EDUCATE DRINKING DRIVERS

A PROTOTYPE PROGRAM FOR ASSISTING AND RE-TRAINING CONVICTED DRINKING DRIVERS WAS CONDUCTED. THIS PROGRAM INCLUDED 60 COURT-ASSIGNED SUBJECTS WHO WERE CONVICTED OF DRINKING-DRIVING CHARGES AT THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL COURT IN CALIFORNIA. THESE PARTICIPANTS WERE SUBJECTED TO A 12-WEEK DRIVER ASSISTANCE AND RE-TRAINING PROGRAM INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING BASIC COUNTERMEASURES: INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING, CLASS RETRAINING SESSIONS, GROUP THERAPY, AND CRISIS INTERVENTION IN THE FORM OF HOT LINE DRIVER ASSISTANCE SERVICES. PROGRAM RESULTS LED TO THE FOLLOWING TENTATIVE GENERALIZATIONS: (1) INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING AND CLASS RE-TRAINING WERE SUCCESSFUL IN MEETING PROGRAM OBJECTIVES; (2) STANDARDIZED INITIAL AND EXIT INTERVIEWS APPEARED TO BE THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE FORMS OF COUNSELING; (3) GROUP THERAPY RESULTS WERE GENERALLY FAVORABLE BUT PROBLEMATIC IN SOME ASPECTS; (4) CLASS RE-TRAINING WAS UNIVERSALLY APPROVED BY THE PARTICIPANTS; AND (5) CRISIS INTERVENTION TECHNIQUES WERE NOT FOUND TO BE COST-EFFECTIVE.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Southern California, Los Angeles

  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90089
• Authors:
  • Sackman, H
  • Didenko, D
  • Tang, Tao
  • Thomas, M
• Publication Date: 1972-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 116 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Community action programs; Driver rehabilitation; Driver training; Drunk driving; Highway safety; Social values
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rehabilitation
• Old TRIS Terms: Community values
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222112
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 5 1973 12:00AM