ANY FIRST ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING EVENT IS A SIGNIFICANT AND SUBSTANTIAL PREDICTOR OF FUTURE RECIDIVISM
It is a widely held belief among the legislative and judicial branches of state government in the United States that first offenders criminally convicted of violating an alcohol-related traffic law are drivers with a single and isolated alcohol-related event. This finding is inconsistent with published estimates that a person can drive while impaired by alcohol 200 to 2,000 times before being arrested once (1-6). Moreover, some drivers manage to have their records expunged under certain conditions and many state motor vehicle administration (MVA) offices routinely purge driving records after a set number of years. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that the typical so-called first offender will have had an extensive history of alcohol-impaired driving by the time he or she makes it into the MVA's record system. The low probability of arrest (much less conviction) for alcohol-impaired driving, the practice of expunging and/or purging driver records, and the leniency with which state legislative and judicial systems handle so-called first offenders warrants a closer look at administrative, criminal, and diversion sanctions and the impact of "disposition sequence" on the deterrence of alcohol-impaired driving. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference, see ITRD Abstract No. E201067.
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Corporate Authors:
Societe de l'assurance Automobile du Quebec
Quebec, Quebec Canada -
Authors:
- Ahlin, E M
- BAUM, H M
- DUNCAN, D
- Raleigh, R
- Joyce, J
- GRETSINGER, N
- RAUCH, W J
- ZADOR, P L
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 2002
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 161-167
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Conferences; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Forecasting; Recidivists; Risk taking
- Geographic Terms: United States
- ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 2231: Drunkenness; 132: Forecast; 1519: Recidivist; 2259: Risk taking; 8122: USA
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Security and Emergencies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00971675
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
- ISBN: 2-511-21592-7
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Apr 22 2004 12:00AM