@article{ref1,
title="Road traffic practices among a cohort of young adults in New Zealand",
journal="New Zealand medical journal",
year="1999",
author="Begg, Dorothy Jean and Langley, John Desmond",
volume="112",
number="1080",
pages="9-12",
abstract="AIM: To describe the road safety practices of young adults in New Zealand. METHOD: Face to face structured interviews, seeking information on a range of road safety practices, were conducted with 948 members of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study cohort when they were 21 years old. RESULTS: In the 30 days before the interview, 49% of the males and 32% of the females reported driving within two hours of drinking alcohol; 19% males and 8% females reported driving after drinking too much to perhaps be able to drive safely: and 25% males and 9% females reported driving after using marijuana. Also, 25% males and 6% females reported that they &quot;often&quot; drove fast just for the thrill of it, and 38% males and 11% females reported &quot;often&quot; driving faster than 120 kph on the open road. Seatbelt use as a driver was reported as &quot;always&quot; or &quot;nearly always&quot; by 87% of the males and 95% of the females, but as a rear seat passenger it was 34% for males and 47% for females. CONCLUSIONS: Unsafe road traffic practices, especially among males, were unacceptably high. Continued efforts are required to find new ways of addressing these issues.  Keywords: Cannabis impaired driving; DUID; Ethanol impaired driving <p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0028-8446",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}