THE TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPACT OF DUI EDUCATION AND COUNSELING PROGRAMS

The traffic safety impact of education and rehabilitation programs for drunk drivers was first studied under controlled experimental conditions in the Alcohol Safety Action Projects, ASAPs. In order to clarify and extend the ASAP findings, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awarded to the Sacramento County, California, Health Department, a five-year contract to implement the Comprehensive Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol Offender Treatment Demonstration Project, or CDUI Project. Using the research methods of random assignment and no-treatment control groups, short-term education programs (in-class and home study) were provided to first offenders, that is, persons with only one recorded driving under the influence (DUI) conviction; while year-long educational counseling programs were provided to multiple (second) offenders. The CDUI Project's year-long counseling programs provided almost double the in-group contact time of even the longest of the ASAP rehabilitation programs. Implementation of the CDUI Project began in 1977 and was completed in June of 1982. The project generated a substantial volume of analytic results, of which only the most definitive findings are reported in this paper.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the DWI Colloquium, Naval Alcohol Rehabilitation Center, San Diego, California, August 15-16, 1983.
• Corporate Authors:

  AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety

  8111 Gatehouse Road
  Falls Church, VA  United States  22047
• Authors:
  • Reis, R
• Publication Date: 1983-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 38-61
• Monograph Title: DWI REEDUCATION AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMS--SUCCESSFUL RESULTS AND THE FUTURE

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol use; Demonstration projects; Driver rehabilitation; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Measures of effectiveness; Safety programs; Traffic safety education
• Identifier Terms: Alcohol Safety Action Program
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness; Rehabilitation
• Old TRIS Terms: Alcohol education programs; Asap (Alcohol safety action program)
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00391702
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 30 1984 12:00AM