WORKSHOP TO REVIEW PROBLEM-BEHAVIOR RESEARCH PROGRAMS: ALCOHOL, DRUGS, AND HIGHWAY SAFETY

The report presents the proceedings of a workshop on alcohol, drugs, and highway safety. The purpose of this workshop was to develop specific recommendations for the planning and implementation of NHTSA research, development, and demonstration projects in the program area of Alcohol and Drugs. Workshop participants represented both the practitioner and researcher communities. General issues related to the program area of alcohol and other drugs were discussed, and specific program elements reviewed in-depth. Two working groups participated in a series which dealt with the following topics: General Objectives of the Alcohol and Drugs Problem Identification; Countermeasure Development, Test, and Evaluation; Knowledge Transfer; Demonstration and Other Techniques; and Other Drugs and Other Topics. This report summarizes discussions of these topics. Conclusions about the general objectives of an alcohol and drugs program and recommendations concerning specific program elements concerning the direction of future research in this area are presented.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  Highway Safety Research Institute
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States 

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Marks, M E
  • Donelson, A C
  • Treat, J R
  • Jones, R K
  • JOSCELYN, K B
• Publication Date: 1981-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 130 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcoholic beverages; Countermeasures; Decision making; Drivers; Drugs; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Ethanol; Evaluation; Highway safety; Meetings; Research projects; Traffic safety; Workshops
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00343578
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UM-HSRI-81-21 Final Rpt., DOT-HS-805-908
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-8-02031
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 28 1982 12:00AM