PREVENTING YOUNG DRIVER CRASHES

The problem of road accidents involving young drivers and alcohol in the United States is examined. A variety of approaches have been tried by one state or another. These have included a) zero alcohol tolerance laws for young people, b) administrative licence revocation, c) eliminating deficiencies in and vigorously enforcing minimum purchasing age laws, d) decreasing alchohol availability, e) carefully targetted youth multimedia community information and education and f) a graduated licence system in conjunction with nighttime driving restrictions. The most effective combination is found to be tough, fair laws, vigorous enforcement and intensive targetted educational campaigns. For the covering abstract see IRRD 893732.

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  CENTRE D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES EN MEDECINE DU TRAFIC (CERMT)

  BP 132
  ANNECY CEDEX,   France  74004
• Authors:
  • HALL, J
  • Sweedler, B M
  • QUINLAN, K E
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE 14TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND TRAFFIC - T'97, HELD ANNECY, FRANCE, 21-26 SEPTEMBER 1997, VOL 3
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1035-41

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Blood alcohol levels; Conferences; Driver licenses; Drivers; Education; Legislation; Publicity; Safety; Statistics
• ITRD Terms: 1748: Adolescent; 1553: Blood alcohol content; 8525: Conference; 1772: Driver; 1550: Driving licence; 2284: Education; 1556: Legislation; 8573: Publicity; 1665: Safety; 6555: Statistics
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Law; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00749575
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 2-9511746-0-8
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jun 26 1998 12:00AM