IDENTIFICATION OF PROBLEM DRINKING AMONG DRUNKEN DRIVERS

INFORMATION ABOUT PREVIOUS CONTACT WITH COMMUNITY AGENCIES, PARTICULARLY CONTACT INVOLVING DRINKING PROBLEMS, WAS COMPARED FOR 150 DRUNKEN DRIVERS, 33 ACCIDENT-INVOLVED DRIVERS WHO HAD BEEN DRINKING BUT WERE NOT ARRESTED, 117 SOBER DRIVERS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS, 131 DRIVERS WITH MOVING VIOLATIONS, 19 DRIVERS WITH CITATIONS PLUS ARREST WARRANTS, AND 150 INCIDENT-FREE DRIVERS. SCREENING CRITERIA FOR PROBLEM DRINKERS WERE TWO OR MORE PREVIOUS ARRESTS INVOLVING DRINKING OR IDENTIFICATION BY A COMMUNITY AGENCY AS A PROBLEM DRINKER. HIGH CORRELATION WAS FOUND BETWEEN TWO OR MORE ARRESTS INVOLVING DRINKING AND AN IMPRESSION OF PROBLEM DRINKING. 87% OF THE DRUNKEN DRIVERS WERE KNOWN TO COMMUNITY AGENCIES, MOST WITH MULTIPLE CONTSCTS STARTING BEFORE AGE 30. (AUTHOR)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 200, No 2, PP 114-120
• Authors:
  • Waller, J A
• Publication Date: 1967

Media Info

• Serial:
  • JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
  • Publisher: American Medical Association
  • ISSN: 0098-7484
  • Serial URL: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Crash reports; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Identification systems; Low risk drivers; Problem drivers; Traffic arrests; Traffic citations; Warrants (Traffic control devices)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Identification
• Old TRIS Terms: Good drivers; Traffic warrants
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222686
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 18 1994 12:00AM