NEEDS AND PERFORMANCE OF LOCAL ALCOHOL COUNTERMEASURE PROGRAMS IN PENNSYLVANIA

Interest in deterring the drunk driver has recently grown substantially in the United States. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, in anticipation of an increased role in deterrence of driving while intoxicated (DWI) following passage of new state legislation, recently commissioned a study to (a) gather background information on existing local DWI programs, (b) determine what public information and education (PI&E) activities were already occurring at the substate government level, and (c) recommend methods by which the state could best support the efforts of local programs. The findings of that study are reported here. The main conclusions are as follows: (a) weak interagency linkages with police and local magistrates hampered program operations; (b) PI&E activities were already taking place at the local level, although their scope was limited by the lack of relevant training and experience among the program coordinators and the lack of work time available for PI&E; (c) there was need for a state-level staff member to act as a liaison between state agencies and local programs; and (d) networking among the independent local programs needed to be strengthened.

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• Authors:
  • McCabe, Patricia A
  • Griffin, Maureen C
  • Balog, John N
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 17-22
• Monograph Title: POLICE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND ALCOHOL COUNTERMEASURES
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 974
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol use; Alcoholic beverages; Cooperation; Countermeasures; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Local government; Performance; Police; Safety programs; State government; Traffic safety education
• Geographic Terms: Pennsylvania
• Old TRIS Terms: Alcohol education programs
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00394921
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309037565
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-038 632
• Files: HSL, TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 31 1985 12:00AM