Author:
Babor Thomas F.,Casswell Sally,Graham Kathryn,Huckle Taisia,Livingston Michael,Österberg Esa,Rehm Jürgen,Room Robin,Rossow Ingeborg,Sornpaisarn Bundit
Abstract
Abstract
The chapter on drinking-driving prevention and countermeasures describes the relationship between drinking and driving and the latest evidence on policy responses and countermeasures to reduce drinking and driving and its harms. The following measures were evaluated as particularly effective: low or lowered maximum blood alcohol concentration (BAC) levels (0.00–0.05%); zero tolerance for youth; random breath testing (RBT) ‘anywhere, anytime’; and swift punishment. International evidence suggests that drink-driving countermeasures can consistently produce long-term, population-wide reductions in drink-driving and alcohol-related crashes.
Publisher
Oxford University PressOxford
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