EVALUATION OF A SERVER INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR PREVENTING DRUNK DRIVING. DISSERTATION

As part of the national effort to reduce drunk driving, servers of alcohol are being held liable for their alcohol-serving behavior with increasing frequency. In response to these drunk driving prevention efforts, the Training for Intervention Procedures by Servers of Alcohol (TIPS) program was developed to teach servers skills thought necessary for acceptable standards of practice for serving alcoholic beverages. This study evaluated the potential of this program to aid in decreasing alcohol-impaired driving. The study showed that servers who had received TIPS training initiated more interventions than untrained personnel. Moreover pseudopatrons served by TIPS trained personnel had significantly lower blood-alcohol levels and exhibited fewer signs of intoxication than those served by untrained servers. The results suggest that, if implemented on a large scale, the TIPS program has the potential to reduce drunk driving by helping to decrease the exit blood-alcohol levels of bar patrons. The need to investigate the maintenance of server intervention behavior is discussed and other suggestions for future research are presented.

• Corporate Authors:

  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg

  Department of Agronomy
  Blacksburg, VA  United States  24061
• Authors:
  • RUSS, N W
• Publication Date: 1987

Media Info

• Pagination: 130 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcoholic beverages; Bars (Building materials); Countermeasures; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Research; Restaurants; Sales; Training
• Old TRIS Terms: Servers of alcohol
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Finance; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00484989
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Order No. DA00121
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1989 12:00AM