CONTINUOUS, LONG TERM ROADSIDE SURVEYS TO EVALUATE COMMUNITY SAFETY PROGRAMS

Voluntary breath test surveys of motorists between 9 pm and 2 am on alternate weekend nights are being employed to measure changes in driver behavior related to alcohol safety programs in three US communities: Oceanside and Salinas, California, and Florence, South Carolina. These cities are implementing programs directed at strengthening their enforcement of drunk driving laws; at promoting responsible serving practices; at reducing service to youths under age 21; and at limiting the density of liquor outlets through local zoning regulations. Initial data collected through the first two years of the program suggest that some of the programs which were initiated after a baseline year of data collection, are having an effect on intermediate measures such as perceived risk of arrest. Origin and destination studies permit the determination of where drinking occurred and allow these data to be related to participation of the outlets in responsible beverage service programs. This survey also allows the tracking of changes in the knowledge of significant elements of drunk driving legislation such as the legal BAC limit. Changes in knowledge and perceived risk can be related to on-going surveys of newspaper coverage of drunk driving issues. (a) For the record of the covering entry of this conference, please see IRRD abstract no 868581.

• Record URL:
  http://www.icadtsinternational.com/documents/?category=13th_T1995_Adelaide
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0908204213
• Corporate Authors:

  NH&MRC ROAD ACCIDENT RESEARCH UNIT

  UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
  ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA  Australia  5005
• Authors:
  • Voas, R B
  • Roeper, P
  • GRUENEWALD, P
• Conference:
  • ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY - T'95, 13 AUGUST - 18 AUGUST 1995; PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY, ADELAIDE
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 167-71
• Serial:
  • Volume: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Behavior; Conferences; Drivers; Evaluation and assessment; Females; Intoxication; Males; Night; Prevention
• Uncontrolled Terms: Characteristics
• Geographic Terms: United States
• ITRD Terms: 1757: Age; 9001: Behaviour; 8525: Conference; 1772: Driver; 2231: Drunkenness; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 1787: Man; 9052: Night; 9149: Prevention; 5925: Properties; 8122: USA; 1788: Woman
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00731251
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0-908204-21-3
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 27 1997 12:00AM