VEHICLE SANCTIONS FOR REPEAT DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED OFFENDERS: FACTORS THAT FACILITATE OR IMPEDE THEIR ADOPTION OR IMPLEMENTATION

Vehicle sanctions for driving while intoxicated (DWI) offenders, when applied, consistently show a significant reduction in recidivism among the population that experienced the sanction (DeYoung, 2002). This paper examines some of the factors that impede, reduce, or are barriers to a greater or wider level of implementation of effective vehicle sanctions. Most states have at least one form of a vehicle sanction applicable to DWI offenders. These include vehicle impoundment, vehicle forfeiture, plate and registration impoundment, vehicle immobilization, and ignition interlocks. Yet in many of those jurisdictions the sanction is not applied, is applied at a low level, or, while applied broadly, is limited in actual application because of legal, practical, or policy obstacles.

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  • Simon, S
• Conference:
  • Putting Research Into Action: A Symposium on the Implementation of Research-Based Impaired Driving Countermeasures
  • Location: Irvine, California , United States
  • Date: 2003-8-21 to 2003-8-23
• Publication Date: 2005-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 61-70
• Monograph Title: IMPLEMENTING IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTERMEASURES: PUTTING RESEARCH INTO ACTION, A SYMPOSIUM, AUGUST 21-23, 2003, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Circular
  • Issue Number: E-C072
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0097-8515

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Drunk driving; Impaired drivers; Implementation; Recidivism; Repeat offenders; Sanctions
• Uncontrolled Terms: Barriers to implementation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00987737
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 22 2005 12:00AM