WASHTENAW COUNTY ATTORNEY, 1971 SURVEY ON DRINKING AND DRIVING. SUMMARY REPORT AND CODE BOOK WITH MARGINALS

The report summarizes the results of a self-administered questionnaire completed by 200 members of the Washtenaw County Bar Association (out of 298 members to whom the questionnaire was mailed). Content areas included the role of alcohol in traffic accidents; alcohol consumption quantities and accident risk; attitudes toward implied consent laws and other types of drunk driving countermeasures; the alcohol problem in general and sources of alcohol help; and own experience in handling drunk driving cases and the disposition of these cases, including suggestions for improving the legal aspects of the drunk driving problem. The survey was carried out in order to obtain baseline data for the development and evaluation of the public information program for attorneys being carried out by the Washtenaw Alcohol Safety Action Program.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  Highway Safety Research Institute
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States 
• Authors:
  • Wolfe, A C
  • Chapman, M M
• Publication Date: 1972-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 65 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcoholic beverages; Alcoholism; Attitudes; Consumption; Ethanol; Hazards; Law enforcement; Questionnaires; Risk assessment; Surveys; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety
• Identifier Terms: U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Alcohol ingestion; Ntsb
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047341
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UM-HSRI-AL-72-5 Sum Rpt
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-7535
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Sep 27 1973 12:00AM