REDUCED BAC LIMITS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Since 1983, nine states have passed laws that lower the legal BAC level for adolescent drivers. This report briefly examines fatal crash data in the four states that passed laws before 1989 and have accrued sufficient data for evaluation.

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• Authors:
  • Hingson, R
  • Heeren, T
  • HOWLAND, J
  • Winter, M
• Publication Date: 1993-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: p. 27
• Monograph Title: ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS: THEIR ROLE IN TRANSPORTATION
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Circular
  • Issue Number: 413
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0097-8515

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Before and after studies; Blood alcohol levels; Fatalities; Laws; Teenage drivers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00636248
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 2 1993 12:00AM