THE GENERAL DETERRENCE OF DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED. VOLUME I. SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND COMPUTER-BASED SIMULATION

A system analysis was completed of the general deterrence of driving while intoxicated (DWI). Elements which influence DWI decisions were identified and interrelated in a system model; then, potential countermeasures which might be employed in DWI general deterrence programs were examined by means of a computer-based simulation based on the model. The simulation program, DETER, employed fixed-time step simulation in which the processing of events, within a time step, was based on an expected value Poisson flow model. Simulation experiments assessed the sensitivity of system parameters and evaluated alternative countermeasure approaches. Two types of results are presented: those which specified the nature of general DWI deterrence and the relative potential of alternative countermeasures; and those which identified gaps in existing knowledge and suggested the need and direction for further research.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 2, PB-288113.
• Corporate Authors:

  Anacapa Sciences, Incorported

  2034 de la Vina, P.O. Drawre Q
  Santa Barbara, CA  United States  93102

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • SUMMERS, L G
  • HARRIS, D H
• Publication Date: 1978-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 140 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcoholic beverages; Countermeasures; Crash investigation; Driver rehabilitation; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Education; Intoxication; Law enforcement; Poisson distributions; Prevention; Publicity; Research management; Safety; Simulation; Systems analysis; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Deterrents; Motor vehicle accidents; Rehabilitation
• Old TRIS Terms: Poissons distribution
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00186855
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-HSA-803-582 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-6-01456
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 27 1979 12:00AM