ALCOHOL POLICY AND THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON DRUNK DRIVING: THE PATHS NOT TAKEN

The report of the Presidential Commission on Drunk Driving represents a major Federal response to the extraordinary success of a grassroots movement to combat drunk driving. The report, despite the wide support and publicity that it generated, is seriously flawed. It relies primarily on strategies that are directed at individual behavior change e.g. education, deterrence, treatment, and publicity campaigns. Research shows that these strategies, standing alone, have only a minimal longterm impact on the drunk driving problem. The report fails to consider important new research on environmental factors affecting drunk driving, notably alcohol availability, price and tax policies, severe intervention programs, alcohol advertising and transportation policies. These environmental strategies are a critical part of a comprehensive policy and can greatly enhance the individual-based strategies relied on in the commission report. (Author/TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Mosher, J F
• Publication Date: 1985-6

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 239-250
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol use; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Education; Environment; Environmental impacts; Federal government; Intoxication; Policy; Prevention; Public policy; Publicity; Safety programs; Social factors; Traffic safety education
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Alcohol education programs; Strategy
• ITRD Terms: 1772: Driver; 2231: Drunkenness; 2284: Education; 2455: Environment; 173: Policy; 9149: Prevention; 8573: Publicity; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Environment; Highways; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00451759
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 030
• Files: HSL, ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1985 12:00AM