COMMENTARY ON "THE FALL AND RISE OF GRADUATED LICENSING IN NORTH AMERICA," "THE CASE FOR 0.08% PER SE LAWS," AND UNDERAGE DRINKING ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

This paper examines the failure of jurisdictions to accept and adopt the programs and policies that clearly demonstrate success by commenting on two papers where this was initially the case: "The Fall and Rise of Graduated Licensing in North America" and "The Case for 0.08% Per Se Laws." Among the findings pointed out are that (1) the most successful implementation occurs when governors themselves take the lead and (2) the biggest success in utilizing research-based impaired driving and other traffic safety initiatives has occurred since the "performance-based strategic traffic safety planning" process was adopted under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century guidelines. Also pointed out is the need for visible community support, which is gained by the collection of data through research.

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• Authors:
  • Zwonechek, F
• Conference:
  • Putting Research Into Action: A Symposium on the Implementation of Research-Based Impaired Driving Countermeasures
  • Location: Irvine, California , United States
  • Date: 2003-8-21 to 2003-8-23
• Publication Date: 2005-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 150-152
• Monograph Title: IMPLEMENTING IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTERMEASURES: PUTTING RESEARCH INTO ACTION, A SYMPOSIUM, AUGUST 21-23, 2003, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Circular
  • Issue Number: E-C072
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0097-8515

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Data collection; Drunk driving; Graduated licensing; Impaired drivers; Implementation; Per se laws; Research
• Identifier Terms: Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
• Uncontrolled Terms: Community support
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00987745
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 22 2005 12:00AM