ROAD SAFETY AND THE LAW

The promised new legislation against drinking and driving is expected to be ineffective. The initial success of the 1967 legislation on drinking and driving is discussed and reference made to the detection, from driver fatalities since that time, of the increase in alcohol consumption. The reason given is the tiring risk of detection. A sustained campaign of breath-testing is advocated to detect the problem drinker and increase the general risk of detection. Present breath-testing arrangements are described and the article pinpoints the need for increased law-enforcement and practical changes to increase the efficiency of its application. The effect of the Australian seat-belt legislation is considered and hope is expressed that similar legislation will be introduced in Britain. (TRRL)

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  British Medical Association

  BMA House, Tavistock Square
  London WC1H 9JR,   United Kingdom 
• Publication Date: 1980-12

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1514
• Serial:
  • BMJ
  • Volume: 281
  • Issue Number: 6254
  • Publisher: British Medical Association
  • ISSN: 0959-8138
  • Serial URL: http://www.bmj.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol breath tests; Blood alcohol levels; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Fatalities; Federal government; Highway safety; Law enforcement; Laws; Legislation; Manual safety belts; Measures of effectiveness; Prevention; Printed publicity; Safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness; Use
• Geographic Terms: Australia; United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 1542: Alcohol test; 8006: Australia; 1553: Blood alcohol content; 1534: Enforcement (law); 1602: Fatality; 183: Government (national); 1556: Legislation; 1476: Safety belt; 8119: United Kingdom; 9084: Use
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00334109
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1981 12:00AM