1. Failure to reduce drinking and driving in France: a 6-year prospective study in the GAZEL cohort
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Aymery Constant, Marie Zins, Antoine Messiah, Mireille Chiron, Emmanuel Lagarde, and Sylviane Lafont
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Longitudinal study ,business.industry ,030508 substance abuse ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,Poison control ,Suicide prevention ,Occupational safety and health ,03 medical and health sciences ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,0302 clinical medicine ,Injury prevention ,Cohort ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,0305 other medical science ,Prospective cohort study ,business ,Demography ,Cohort study - Abstract
Aim An unprecedented decline in alcohol consumption and road mortality has been observed recently in France, but it is still unclear whether or not these changes affected driving while alcohol-intoxicated (DWI). The objective of the study was to estimate prospectively trends of excessive speed on the roads, alcohol consumption and DWI between 2001 and 2007 in a large cohort of experienced drivers. Methods Participants were current employees or recent retirees of the French national electricity and gas company, who volunteered to participate in a research cohort established in 1989 under strict conditions of anonymity. An annual cohort questionnaire is sent to participants that includes two questions about overall alcohol consumption. In 2001 and 2007, 10 684 participants reported their driving behaviours using the same self-administered questionnaire. Results Between 2001 and 2007, the proportion of participants (n = 10 684) who reported having driven at speeds at least 20 km/hour above the limit decreased from 23.7% to 4.1% in built-up areas (P Language: en
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- 2010