RECOGNIZING THE DRINKING DRIVER

A GROUP OF 1247 HOSPITALIZED ALCOHOLICS WHO OPERATED A MOTOR VEHICLE FROM 1961 TO 1967 WAS EXAMINED. THE STUDY DEMONSTRATES THAT PROBLEM DRINKING DRIVERS ARE FREQUENTLY RATHER YOUNG DRINKERS WHO HAVE A HIGH RATE OF DRIVING CONVICTIONS. SINCE THIS GROUP IS NOT NORMALLY IDENTIFIED AND TREATED AS ALCOHOLICS, THE STUDY DISCUSSES THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF THIS FINDING. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • pp 1-4, 5 FIG, 2 TAB
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  /Hit Lab Reports
  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Rosenblatt, C A
• Publication Date: 1971-5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Alcoholism; Crash rates; Driver performance; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Forecasting; Human characteristics; Perception; Personnel performance; Rates; Traffic conviction; Traffic crashes; Young adults
• Uncontrolled Terms: Convictions; Driver age; Driver characteristics
• Old TRIS Terms: Recognition
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223558
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 29 1971 12:00AM