REPEATING CYCLES OF CONCERN AND COMPLACENCY: THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND POLITICAL RESPONSE TO ALCOHOL-RELATED TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

In this challenging and thought provoking article, an eminent scientist raises the issue of the youthfulness of the driver as a factor to be considered in regard to alcohol-related traffic accidents. At the same time, he points out the oversimplification of some of the public policy approaches of the past which have tried to deal with this problem. It is his belief, based on research and direct involvement with program and policy development, that the way we think about drinking, drinkers, the way alcohol is made available, and the reliance on curative medical/legal responses instead of preventive, public health and public policy approaches, all must change if the incidence of alcohol related crashes is to be reduced.

• Corporate Authors:

  UCLA Alcohol Research Center

  Neuropsychiatric Institute, 760 Westwood Plaza
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90024
• Authors:
  • Douglass, R L
• Publication Date: 1982-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 3-5
• Serial:
  • Abstracts & Review in Alcohol & Driving
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: UCLA Alcohol Research Center

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Attitudes; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Legal drinking age; Politics; Public policy; Teenage drivers; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Public interest
• Subject Areas: Highways; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00370928
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-033 810
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 28 1983 12:00AM