LONGITUDINAL ROADSIDE SURVEY DESIGN: AN EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL AVOIDANCE OF ROADSIDE SURVEYS OVER TIME

Roadside breath-test surveys (RBTS) were conducted on weekend nights over 4 1/2 years in three United States communities to detect changes in driver blood alcohol concentrations (BACs). The observed BAC declines could have stemmed from driver avoidance of the RBTS sites. Results showed declines in cars passing RBTS sites and changes in participant demographics consistent with a lower alcohol consumption population (i.e., more women, increased age, more married drivers, fewer reported drinks per drinking occasion). Through Structural Equation Modeling, it was determined that changing driver characteristics explained only part of driver BAC declines, leaving open the possibility that driver BACs actually declined.

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• Authors:
  • Lange, J E
  • Voas, R B
• Conference:
  • 41st Annual Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine Conference
  • Location: Orlando, Florida
  • Date: 1997-11-10 to 1997-11-11
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 31-46
• Serial:
  • Publication of: ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE
  • Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM)
  • ISSN: 0892-6484

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol breath tests; Blood alcohol levels; Demographics; Design; Drunk drivers; Evaluation; Roadside; Structural equation modeling; Surveys
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00767340
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 9 1999 12:00AM