Citation

Penttilä A, Portman M, Kuoppasalmi K, Nevala P, Vala U. Proc. Int. Counc. Alcohol Drugs Traffic Safety Conf. 2000; 2000: -p..

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

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Abstract

The long-term road-side surveys show that the number of drunken drivers in normal traffic is quite low in Finland in comparison to many other countries. It is of great interest to see the trend in the new millennium because the ever time lowest figures for drunken drivers in Helsinki and the surrounding area (0.19 percent) and in the whole country (0.16 percent) were recorded in 1999. Demographic characteristics, driver's own risk assessment to be detected, consumption of alcoholic beverages, driving event, etc. have been questioned in road-side surveys. By comparing the data of the R-study and the official statistics of drunken drivers it is apparent that only a very small number of all drunken drivers comes to the knowledge of police.