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Enforcing alcohol-impaired driving and seat belt use laws, Binghamton, NY
- Source :
- Journal of Safety Research. 23:63-71
- Publication Year :
- 1992
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1992.
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Abstract
- An evaluation of an integrated enforcement program designed to reduce alcohol-impaired driving and increase seat belt use in Binghamton, NY, was conducted. The program's emphasis is on the publicized use of sobriety and seat belt use checkpoints, passive alcohol sensors, and seat belt law enforcement. A study of the program's first two years shows that a relative overall reduction of about 39% in the number of drivers who had been drinking and were stopped at police checkpoints was sustained from Fall 1988 to Fall 1990; evidence was also found of significantly fewer injury-producing crashes and significantly fewer late-night crashes during months when checkpoints were held. Drivers with high blood alcohol concentrations were relatively unaffected by the program. Seat belt use rose, especially at night. Results suggest that checkpoints may have to be both constant and visible features of enforcement for their benefits to be lasting.
- Subjects :
- Engineering
business.industry
Law enforcement
Poison control
equipment and supplies
Computer security
computer.software_genre
Suicide prevention
Occupational safety and health
law.invention
Sobriety
law
Environmental health
Injury prevention
Seat belt
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
business
Enforcement
human activities
computer
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00224375
- Volume :
- 23
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Safety Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........f14c8c5d9b5ea075a5e09590a35d2faf