AN EXAMINATION OF THE EFFECT OF LIQUOR-BY-THE-DRINK ON TRAFFIC SAFETY IN NORTH CAROLINA

In late 1978 North Carolina adopted a local option liquor by the drink (lbd) statute whereby localities may hold referenda to determine whether restaurants may serve liquor by the drink. Prior to that time there was no legal sale of distilled spirits other than in government owned liquor stores. Some jurisdictions did previously allow the consumption of distilled spirits in restaurants through the practice of brown bagging. Brown bagging involves the customer bringing his own liquor to the restaurant and pouring his own drinks. North Carolina, with 100 counties and several cities which may separately initiate a referendum to decide whether to adopt lbd, provides a unique natural experiment to examine the traffic safety implications of this law change. Time series and other analytical techniques utilizing experimental (lbd) and control (non-lbd) counties are used to examine trends in both driving under the influence arrests and alcohol related crashes in late 1978 and 1979. (Author/TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedins of the 8th International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety, Volume III, held June 15-19, 1980 at Leonard Goldberg.
• Corporate Authors:

  Karolinska Institutet

  Medicinska Fakulteten
  Stockholm,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Lacey, J H
  • Stewart, J R
  • Carroll, C L
• Conference:
  • Proceedins of the 8th International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety, Volume III, held June 15-19, 1980 at Leonard Goldberg.
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1382-88

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohols; Blood alcohol levels; Conferences; Crash rates; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Laws; Legislation; Retail trade; Safety; Supply; Time series analysis; Traffic safety
• Geographic Terms: United States
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 7347: Alcohol; 1553: Blood alcohol content; 8525: Conference; 284: Delivery; 2231: Drunkenness; 1556: Legislation; 1665: Safety; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00361983
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 30 1982 12:00AM