YOUNG MALE DRINKERS AND IMPAIRED DRIVING INTERVENTION: RESULTS OF A U.S. TELEPHONE SURVEY

The present study examines the role of interveners in the driving behavior of a group of drivers at higher risk for information in a fatal, alcohol-related motor vehicle accident than the general population, based on their demographic characteristics. The sample consisted of men, aged 21-34 years, living in areas where alcohol-involved motor vehicle fatalities most commonly occur. More than one-half of these men reported having been the target of an intervention to prevent them from drinking and driving. The variables most strongly associated with having been the target of an intervention were: involvement in an accident after drinking too much to drive safely; binge drinking; reporting that it takes ten or more drinks to feel drunk. Age, total alcohol consumption and the relationship between the target and the intervener predicted intervention success. Persons who have close relationships with drinking drivers, particularly wives/girlfriends, are most likely to be successful in preventing these men from drinking and driving. To the extent they can be encouraged to safely intervene, wives/girlfriends and close friends may be potential targets for messages promoting informal social control of drinking and driving.

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• Authors:
  • Kennedy, B P
  • Isaac, N E
  • Nelson, T F
  • Graham, J D
• Publication Date: 1997-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 707-713
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Alcohol abuse; Demographics; Driver rehabilitation; Drivers; Drunk driving; Gender; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver age; Intervention; Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00742538
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-042 561
• Files: HSL, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 11 1997 12:00AM