EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN AVAILABILITY OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. SOCIAL CONTROL OF THE DRINKING DRIVER

The hypothesis that there is a connection between overall alcohol consumption and harmful effects also implies that, other things being equal, if alcohol consumption increases in a population, the percentage of motor-venicle drivers driving under the influence of drink should increase accordingly. The results of the studies in this review do not however, seem to support this hypothesis. First, the reduced availability of alcohol during the period when the employees of the State Wine and Spirits Monopoly were on strike did not result in any demonstrable drop in the number of drunken drivers or in the number of road accidents. TAe closing of the liquor shops on Saturdays was not followed by a drop in the number of drunken drivers on Saturdays overnight to Sundays.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Chicago Press

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  Chicago, IL  United States  60637-2954
• Authors:
  • Hauge, R
• Publication Date: 1988

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 169-187
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Chicago University Press
  • Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol use; Alcoholic beverages; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Sales; Traffic safety; Weekends
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00489484
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1989 12:00AM