TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Hazards faced by young designated drivers: in-car risks of driving drunken passengers
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Rothe, Peter J.
A1  - Carroll, Linda J.
SP  - 1760
EP  - 1777
VL  - 6
IS  - 6
N2  - This qualitative study explored the risk in the practice of young designated drivers transporting drunken peers. Young drivers 18-29 years old in Alberta, Canada participated in 12 focus groups (N = 146). Interviews were semi-structured. A key finding is that when highly intoxicated youth are driven by a designated driver who is a peer, they are likely to behave in ways that are unsafe. Unsafe actions of drunken passengers in the vehicle include physical "rough-housing" with the driver, creating stress for the driver that leads to high risk driving situations and disrupting safe driving through nausea and in-car vomiting.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6061760
ID  - ref1
ER  -