COMPARISON OF DRINKING PATTERNS IN WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

A SECOND-GENERATION COMPUTER TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO IMPROVE THE READABILITY OF COMPUTERIZED ACCIDENT DATA. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ACCIDENT RESEARCHER IN PERFORMING ANALYSES OF DATA IS DEPENDENT UPON THE FACTORS OF READABILITY AND INFORMATION, WHICH DIFFER FOR VARIOUS COMPUTER PROGRAMS. THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF HSRI RESEARCHERS INVOLVED IN COMPUTERIZED ACCIDENT ANALYSIS SUGGEST HOW THE RESEARCHER'S TIME CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVELY USED. ALSO, A CLOSE LOOK AT THE DATA FILE SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE RESEARCHER AND HIS COMPUTERIZED TOOLS OF ANALYSIS. IT IS CERTAIN THAT RECENT AND FUTURE UPGRADING OF THE COMPUTERIZED TOOLS WILL YIELD GREAT IMPROVEMENTS BY CUTTING RESEARCH TIME, AND BY OPENING UP NEW COMPUTER APPLICATIONS.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hit Lab RepT, PP 1-3, 5 TAB, 6 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109
• Authors:
  • Carlson, W L
• Publication Date: 1971-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Blood alcohol levels; Data collection; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Human characteristics; Night; Surveys; Weekdays; Weekends
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223702
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 7 1972 12:00AM