EVALUATION OF LOWER BAC LIMITS FOR CONVICTED OUI OFFENDERS IN MAINE

This is the final report of a project evaluating the effectiveness of a lower blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit for drivers convicted of operating under the influence of intoxicants (OUI) in Maine. The law made it illegal for an OUI offender to drive with any amount of alcohol in the blood. The evaluation included a process evaluation of the law's effect on the State's traffic law enforcement efforts, and an impact evaluation of the law's effect on OUI recidivism and traffic crashes. The study found the law had little or no burdensome effect on OUI enforcement processes or resource requirements, but contributed to a reduction of convicted OUI offenders in fatal crashes in general, and in alcohol-related fatal crashes in particular.

• Record URL:
  http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/alcohol/Maine-BAC-Limits/index.htm
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1760
• Corporate Authors:

  Mid-America Research Institute, Incorporated

  611 Main Street
  Winchester, MA  United States  01890

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  Office of Program Development and Evaluation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Jones, R K
  • Rodriguez-Iglesias, C
• Publication Date: 2004-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 44 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Blood alcohol levels; Drunk drivers; Evaluation and assessment; Fatalities; Impacts; Laws; Recidivism; Repeat offenders; Traffic crashes; Traffic law enforcement; Zero tolerance
• Geographic Terms: Maine
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00989255
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-809 827,, Final Report
• Contract Numbers: DTNH22-98-D-25079
• Files: HSL, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 19 2005 12:00AM