DRUG RESEARCH METHODOLOGY. VOLUME I. THE ALCOHOL-HIGHWAY SAFETY EXPERIENCE AND ITS APPLICABILITY TO OTHER DRUGS

The report presents the findings of a workshop concerning the alcohol and highway safety experience, which includes research efforts to define the drinking-driving problem and societal responses to reduce the increased highway safety risk attributable to alcohol. A cross-disciplinary panel of experts examined its history, methodologies employed in research, and approaches to the development and implementation of preventive measures (countermeasures). From these discussions a conceptual framework for use in comparing alcohol and other drugs was developed. Categories include (1) the process of risk identification; (2) measures of risk to indicate impaired driving ability; and (3) approaches to preventive measures that reduce the increased highway safety risk attributable to alcohol and other drugs. The report summarizes comparisons between alcohol and other drugs.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Volume 2 is HS-805 299; Volume 3 is HS-805 375; Volume 4 is HS-805 485; and Volume 5 is HS-805 462. See also HS-803 879 and HS-805 461.
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Donelson, A C
  • Marks, M E
  • Jones, R K
  • JOSCELYN, K B
• Publication Date: 1980-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 74 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abilities; Alcoholic beverages; Alternatives analysis; Behavior; Countermeasures; Drivers; Drugs; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Hazards; Highway safety; Highway transportation; Human factors; Performance; Prevention; Risk assessment; Safety; Traffic safety; Workshops
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00318981
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UM-HSRI-80-17 Final Rpt., HS-805 374
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-7-01530
• Files: HSL, NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 19 1982 12:00AM