TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Enforcement of the Zero Tolerance Law in California: A missed opportunity?
JO  - Annual proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
A1  - Tippetts, Anthony Scott
A1  - Lange, James Evan
A1  - Voas, Robert B.
SP  - 369
EP  - 383
VL  - 42
IS  - 
N2  - This paper reports on the enforcement of a zero tolerance (ZT) law implemented on January 1, 1994, in California. Some provisions in that legislation merely intended to make enforcement easy; for example, using handheld, portable, breath- testing devices at the roadside. The research employs a model of the expected official actions, target group reactions, and underage fatal crashes to trace the impact of the law on underage drinking and driving. The results indicate little increase in the intensity of enforcement and no change in the perceived risk of arrest among the target group; however, results do indicate a possible reduction in drinking drivers involved in fatal crashes in that group.     <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1540-0360
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -