AN INITIAL EVALUATION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATEWIDE ALCOHOL AND DRUG EDUCATION TRAFFIC SCHOOLS CONDUCTED BY THE UNC HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH CENTER. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

With the 1979 passage of Senate Bill 691, North Carolina adopted a statewide program of Alcohol and Drug Education Traffic Schools (ADETS) for first time convictees of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) and Careless and Reckless Driving after Drinking. The program went into effect January 1, 1980. This is the report of an initial overall evaluation of the program conducted by the UNC Highway Safety Research Center under contract to the N.C. Department of Human Resources. The scope of the evaluation activity included reviewing the program coordination activities handled at the state level and attending one of the ADETS courses in order to describe the process, analyzing knowledge tests taken by ADETS students to assess knowledge gain as a result of attending the schools, surveying various ADETS users groups to determine their perceptions of the program, querying neighboring states as to their practices in regards to ADETS type programs and analyzing DUI arrest/conviction data and accident data to assess the potential deterrent effects that may be realized as a result of attending the course.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  Highway Safety Research Center
  Chapel Hill, NC  United States  27599
• Publication Date: 1983-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 13 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol use; Arrests; Drugs; Drunk driving; Education; Evaluation; Safety programs; Traffic conviction; Traffic safety education
• Uncontrolled Terms: Convictions
• Old TRIS Terms: Alcohol education programs
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00390470
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HSRC-A87, HS-036 970
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 30 1984 12:00AM