ROADSIDE SURVEY DATA AS A SOURCE FOR DRINKING PATTERN DESCRIPTION: SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF THE NATIONAL ROADSIDE SURVEY, CANADA 1974

Alcohol abuse in traffic situations is a microcosm of the general alcohol abuse problem. Drivers with high BAC's are as small a percentage of the driving samples as are problem drinkers calculated to be in their respective populations (De Lint and Schmidt, 1971). It should not be surprising that those who daily risk their health and social relationships by alcohol abuse would risk as much, and more, on the highway. Therefore, countermeasures designed to reduce impaired driving are most appropriate to the majority of consumers who do not normally abuse alcohol but who will, on occasion, drive with hazardous BAC levels. Despite the sample limitations of the National Roadside Survey this analysis approximated findings of other surveys and known correlates of various levels of alcohol consumption including abstinence. With the exception of education and employment, there were distinct and appropriate differences among drinker types according to their age, sex, marital status and region.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Roadside Surveys--Proceedings of the Satellite Conference to the 8th International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety 23-25 June 1980, Umea, Sweden held in association with the International Committee on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety and organised by the Department of Forensic Medicine, Umea University, Umea.
• Corporate Authors:

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• Authors:
  • Jennings, N E
• Conference:
  • Roadside Surveys--Proceedings of the Satellite Conference to the 8th International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety held in association with the International Committee on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety and
  • Location: Umea , Sweden
  • Date: 1980-6-23 to 1980-6-25
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; References;
• Pagination: p. 52-67

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Alcohol abuse; Alcohol use; Blood alcohol levels; Countermeasures; Drivers; Gender; Marital status; Regions; Roadside; Social class; Socioeconomic factors; Surveys
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver age; Roadside surveys
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00396582
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 585
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 1985 12:00AM