CLINICAL APPROACH TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALCOHOL AND WOMEN DRIVERS. WOMEN, ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND TRAFFIC - PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, 29-30 SEPTEMBER, 1988

Using a method of clinical investigation involving an analysis of individual drivers' personal accounts, the report set out to ascertain the mechanisms underlying women's risk-taking and attitudes to driving within the general framework of drinking and driving by women. It analysed the norms, attitudes and beliefs relating to drinking and driving within the social and psychological context in which these activities take place. The personal experiences of individuals and their symbolic representations of driving were studied, in order to determine whether men and women drink and drive for the same psychological and emotional reasons. The personal accounts of 14 women between the ages of 19 and 60 were recorded on cassette. All the women had regular or part time jobs, liked driving cars (although some had yet to pass their driving test). Only 4 women regularly drove their own car, 4 occasionally drive their husband home if he had drunk too much. The accounts were recorded both individually and in groups during free discussions that lasted between half an hour to two and a half hours. It was found that both drinking and driving at speed: a) heightened the womens physical self awareness and gave them a sense of invulnerability; b) gave women a sense of identity outside motherhood; c) was a means of obtaining equality with men; and d) gave added meaning to the womens lives. (TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Pervanchon-Simonnet, M
• Publication Date: 1988

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 149-156
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  • Publication of: Dalctraf
  • Publisher: Dalctraf

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Conferences; Drivers; Driving; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Females; Intoxication; Risk taking; Speed
• ITRD Terms: 2267: Attitude (psychol); 8525: Conference; 1772: Driver; 1855: Driving (veh); 2231: Drunkenness; 2259: Risk taking; 5408: Speed; 1788: Woman
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00491659
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-444-70407-8
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM