DRINKING-DRIVING COMPLIANCE IN THE UNITED STATES; PERCEPTIONS AND BEHAVIOR IN 1983 AND 1986

This investigation of drinking and driving explored American attitudes, beliefs, legal knowledge and self-reported violations through national surveys in 1983 (1,000 drivers) and 1986 (1,800 drivers). The findings from 1986 replicated all of the basic drinking-driving control tactics reported in 1983, and there were modest gains in compliance rates over time. There was a decrease in perceived certainty of arrests, but in view of the compliance gains, this decrease seems to have been compensated by increases in legal knowledge, credibility of sanctions and personal support for drunk-driving controls. While there was support for some element of simple deterrence theory, the findings are more fully accommodated by the inculcation process implied in general deterrence theory.

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  Alcohol Research Documentation, Incorporated

  P.O. Box 969
  Piscataway, NJ  United States  08854
• Authors:
  • SNORTUM, J R
  • Berger, D E
• Publication Date: 1989-7

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 306-319
• Serial:
  • Journal of Studies on Alcohol
  • Volume: 50
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Rutgers University, New Brunswick
  • ISSN: 0096-882X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Compliance; Data collection; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Safety; Surveys; Traffic violations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Deterrence
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00491093
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-040 833
• Files: HSL, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 28 1991 12:00AM