TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Road traffic practices among a cohort of young adults in New Zealand
JO  - New Zealand medical journal
A1  - Begg, Dorothy Jean
A1  - Langley, John Desmond
SP  - 9
EP  - 12
VL  - 112
IS  - 1080
N2  - 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 "often" drove fast just for the thrill of it, and 38% males and 11% females reported "often" driving faster than 120 kph on the open road. Seatbelt use as a driver was reported as "always" or "nearly always" 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0028-8446
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -