Reducing Drunken Driving: Which Policies Are Most Effective? I. Introduction

Traffic fatalities are the leading cause of accidental deaths and the leading cause of all deaths for people between the ages of 16 and 25 [4]. A major cause of traffic accidents is drunken driving. Reed [12] estimates that the annual number of deaths could be reduced by 12,000 if all drunken drivin...

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Published inSouthern economic journal Vol. 54; no. 2; p. 322
Main Author Wilkinson, James T
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Stillwater Southern Economic Association 01.10.1987
Subjects
Age
Alcohol
Alcoholic beverages
Beverages
Convictions
Drunk driving
Fatalities
Fines & penalties
Legal fees
Per capita
Probability
Production functions
Sales taxes
Standard deviation
Variables
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Summary:Traffic fatalities are the leading cause of accidental deaths and the leading cause of all deaths for people between the ages of 16 and 25 [4]. A major cause of traffic accidents is drunken driving. Reed [12] estimates that the annual number of deaths could be reduced by 12,000 if all drunken driving were eliminated. Recently increased attention has been directed toward finding ways to reduce the incidence of drunken driving. This paper evaluates the relative effectiveness of several policies in terms of reduced fatalities. These policies include raising the minimum legal drinking age, increasing legal sanctions and enforcement, and increasing the price and reducing the availability of alcoholic beverages.
ISSN:0038-4038
2325-8012