Citation

Clayton AB, McCarthy PE, Breen JM. J. Traffic Med. 1985; 13(3-4): 46-47.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine)

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Abstract

An earlier report described the characteristics of male drivers convicted of drink/driving offences and the circumstances of those offences. It also compared the social characteristics and drinking habits of offenders with those of a control group of motorists who had not been convicted of such offences. Because of continued concern over the drink/driving problem further analysis has been undertaken to elucidate some of the causes. This report describes in greater detail the social characteristics, drinking habits, drink/driving behaviour, and attitudes towards drinking of that control group. In particular, it seeks to isolate the interrelationships between drinking habits and drink/driving habits and attitudes. The results of this study provide a valuable baseline against which to measure the effects of the Transport Act 1981.

Keywords: Ethanol impaired driving