THE VICTORIAN MYTH: AN EXAMINATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DRINK DRIVING COUNTEMEASURES. ROAD TRAFFIC SAFETY RESEARCH COUNCIL, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND SEMINAR PAPERS, VOLUME 2. ROAD TRAFFIC SAFETY SEMINAR 14-16 SEPTEMBER 1988

The development of drink driving countermeasures in the state of Victoria, Australia, is examined. It is shown that there in no clear evidence that any of these measures has resulted in any long term reduction in road trauma. Possible reasons for the ineffectiveness of the legislation are presented. It is suggested that the environmental countermeasures aimed specifically at situations in which drink-drivers are over-represented in collisions may prove a fruitful area for research and could be more cost-effective solutions to the traffic safety problem than legislative ones.

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• Authors:
  • YOUNGMAN, JHR
• Publication Date: 1988

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 205-222
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  • Publication of: Dalctraf
  • Publisher: Dalctraf

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Countermeasures; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Laws; Measures of effectiveness
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

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• Accession Number: 00492167
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0-444-70407-8
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM