A PLAN TO PREVENT DRUNK DRIVING (WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON YOUNG DRIVERS). YOUNG DRIVERS IMPAIRED BY ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS. PROCEEDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZED BY THE INTERNATIONAL DRIVERS BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH ASSOCIATION HELD IN AMSTERDAM, 13-15 SEPTEMBER 1986

The author presents a plan to prevent drunken driving based on 4 assumptions: (1) parents are the main behavioural models for their children; (2) external influences such as TV and advertising appeal to young people; (3) young people's behaviour is controlled by group approval and acceptance; and (4) youth, alcohol and accidents can only be controlled by a systematic community effort. A new social norm that outlaws getting drunk must be created and the prevention plan must target 3 groups of people: those who do not drink, those who do not drink to excess, those with an economic interest in the safety of the drinker. A plan to prevent drunken driving applies to the whole of society. For the covering abstract of the symposium see IRRD 810453.

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• Authors:
  • Chafetz, M E
• Publication Date: 1987

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 273-278
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Royal Society of Medicine Services Limited
  • Issue Number: 116
  • Publisher: Royal Society of Medicine Press

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Alcoholic beverages; Behavior; Drivers; Drunk driving; Parents; Public participation; Social values; Teenage drivers; Television
• Old TRIS Terms: Community values
• ITRD Terms: 1748: Adolescent; 1747: Adult; 8525: Conference; 1772: Driver; 2231: Drunkenness; 2455: Environment; 9149: Prevention; 2255: Psychology; 8573: Publicity; 2253: Sociology; 6949: Television; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00470668
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-905958-48-9
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1988 12:00AM