THE HIGH RISK DRIVER; A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY

INFORMATION HAS BEEN ASSEMBLED FOR 1967 ON NEW HAMPSHIRE DRIVERS LICENSES, ACCIDENT DATA, VIOLATOR DATA, AND BLOOD-ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION LABORATORY REPORTS. RISK CATEGORIES ARE ESTABLISHED, AND EXAMINED IN RELATION TO ACCIDENT VARIABLES. THE POPULATIONS OF OFFICIALLY KNOWN DRUNK-DRIVING OFFENDERS ARE ESSENTIALLY UNKNOWN TO THE ALCOHOLISM CLINIC PROGRAMS OF THE STATE AND REPRESENT AT LEAST SIX TIMES THE EXISTING NUMBERS SERVED CLINICALLY FOR DRINKING- PROBLEMS IN 1967. THE STUDY RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING EFFORTS TO DEFINE, IDENTIFY, EVALUATE AND TEND THE HIGH-RISK DRIVER BEFORE HE APPEARS ON THE ROAD: BY REFINING LICENSING CRITERIA; BY PROVIDING DIRECT OFF- ROAD PREVENTIVE CRISIS SERVICE; BY EVALUATION OF THE PHYSIO-EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF KNOWN HIGH-RISK DRIVERS; AND BY RE-ORIENTING A WEAKENED SANCTIONS SYSTEM. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  New Hampshire Division of Public Health

  Program On Alcohol and Drug Abuse
  Concord, NH  United States 
• Authors:
  • Ingersoll, R L
  • Trow, J E
  • Clarke, D W
• Publication Date: 1970-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver licenses; Drivers; Drunk driving; Hazards; Human characteristics; Risk assessment; Standards; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223618
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 153 pp
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 15 1971 12:00AM