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 in | Southern economic journal Vol. 54; no. 2; p. 322 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Stillwater
Southern Economic Association
01.10.1987
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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. |
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ISSN: | 0038-4038 2325-8012 |