A TASTE OF SUSPENSION: THE PREVENTIVE AND DETERRENT VALUE OF LIMITED LICENCE SUSPENSION

The purpose of this study was to find out whether a brief license suspension would be as effective as a more expensive personal interview previously found to reduce accidents and violations among novice drivers. Thirteen thousand four hundred drivers were randomly divided between the two treatments. License suspension was found to be more effective than the interview in reducing accidents and convictions. Among females, those threatened with suspension had better records than those threatened with an interview. Among males, those who actually were suspended had better records than those who attended the interview. The fact that license suspension is significantly less costly than interviews results in a substantial saving in the cost of operating the driver improvement program. (Author/TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  American Association for Automotive Medicine

  2350 East Devon Avenue, Suite 205
  Des Plaines, IL  United States  60018

  Tulane University

  6823 Saint Charles Avenue
  New Orleans, LA  United States  70118
• Authors:
  • McKnight, A J
  • Edwards, M L
• Conference:
  • 31ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE
  • Location: NEW ORLEANS LOUSIANA, United States
  • Date: 1987-9-28 to 1987-9-30
• Publication Date: 1987

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 45-58
• Monograph Title: PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTY FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, SEPTEMBER 28-30, 1987

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver improvement programs; Driver licenses; Drivers; Females; Prevention; Safety; Suspensions
• Uncontrolled Terms: Deterrence; Driver license suspension
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver improvement effort; Female drivers
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 8525: Conference; 1500: Confiscation (driving licence); 224: Cost; 1855: Driving (veh); 2231: Drunkenness; 5911: Efficiency; 9147: Interview; 1516: Offence; 1502: Penalty; 1782: Recently qualified driver; 1519: Recidivist; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00470460
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1988 12:00AM