Identifying impaired drivers among the general driving population
| Autor: | R J Wilson, B A Jonah |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Automobile Driving Self-Assessment Alcohol Drinking Population Medicine (miscellaneous) Poison control Occupational safety and health Drunk drivers Behavioral syndrome Risk-Taking Injury prevention Forensic engineering Humans education General Psychology education.field_of_study Accidents Traffic Age Factors Human factors and ergonomics Seat Belts Attitude Income Educational Status Regression Analysis Blood alcohol content Female Psychology human activities Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of studies on alcohol. 46(6) |
| ISSN: | 0096-882X |
| Popis: | The primary purpose of this study was to identify predictors of impaired driving among a random sample of Canadian drivers who consume beverage alcohol. A second purpose was to determine if impaired drivers in the general population have characteristics similar to those reported among convicted and accident-involved impaired drivers. Amount of alcohol consumed over the past seven days was found to be the single most powerful predictor of both frequency of drinking-driving and of impaired driving. Impaired drivers differed from moderate-drinking drivers on a number of measures and were characterized by more irresponsible attitudes and higher risk behavior, consistent with findings of other impaired-driver subgroups. It is concluded that impaired driving may be just one behavior which is part of a deviant behavioral syndrome typified by high-risk behaviors. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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