Citation

Stewart K, Fell JC, Ellison-potter P, Sweedler BM. Proc. Int. Counc. Alcohol Drugs Traffic Safety Conf. 2000; 2000: -p..

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, The author(s) and the Council, Publisher International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety)

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Abstract

Learning from the experiences of other countries has facilitated much of the worldwide progress made in recent decades in reducing alcohol-related traffic crashes. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has sponsored a project to compare relevant laws in countries around the world and to examine alcohol-related crash rates in these countries. This paper reports on some of the characteristics of laws related to illegal blood alcohol levels, minimum purchase age for alcohol, age of driving licensure, standard sanctions for offenses, graduated licensing systems, and other laws and policies. It also discusses alcohol-related crash rates reported in these countries and some of the key measurement issues that make comparisons of these rates difficult.