Young people, alcohol, and driving in two Australian states

Road traffic accidents are the single largest cause of death in Australia among people aged 15-24. The proposition that a broadly based deterrence measure, such as random breath testing (RBT), would be sufficient to change the behavior of young drivers was tested in a comparison of young drivers in...

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Published inInternational journal of the addictions Vol. 27; no. 9; p. 1119
Main Authors Loxley, W, Lo, S K, Homel, R, Berger, D E, Snortum, J R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 1992
Subjects
Accidents, Traffic
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Alcohol Drinking
Alcoholic Intoxication - diagnosis
Alcoholic Intoxication - epidemiology
Australia - epidemiology
Automobile Driving - legislation & jurisprudence
Breath Tests
Female
Humans
Male
Australia
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Summary:Road traffic accidents are the single largest cause of death in Australia among people aged 15-24. The proposition that a broadly based deterrence measure, such as random breath testing (RBT), would be sufficient to change the behavior of young drivers was tested in a comparison of young drivers in New South Wales (NSW), which has had RBT for 6 years, with young drivers in Western Australia (WA), where there was no RBT. The results demonstrated that NSW young drivers were less likely to drink and drive and more likely to believe their peers would disapprove of drink-driving than were their counterparts in WA. It was concluded that RBT had altered the drink-driving behavior and possibly the beliefs about drink-driving of young people in NSW.
ISSN:0020-773X
DOI:10.3109/10826089209047338