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Drinking and Driving: Alcohol Association with Traffic Accidents
Author(s) -
Stacey Barrie G.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1983.tb00745.x
Subject(s) - drunk drivers , environmental health , poison control , drunk driving , driving under the influence , population , human factors and ergonomics , injury prevention , engineering , occupational safety and health , suicide prevention , transport engineering , forensic engineering , computer security , business , medicine , political science , computer science , law
An analysis of drink‐driving research methods and findings with reference to traffic accidents is presented. This analysis is used to challenge some of the conclusions about drinking and driving that have gained wide currency in Australia and New Zealand. The growing acceptance of Scandinavian‐type laws is critically evaluated. The demand to ‘criminalize’ drink‐driving offences is rejected. The reduction of deat and damage from traffic accidents is presented as the real problem, not the drinking and driving of the population at large.