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Using Environmental Strategies to Reduce Drinking and Driving among College Students.
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Hunnicutt, David; And Others – NASPA Journal, 1996
Provides an overview of several environmental strategies that have proven successful in reducing drinking and driving among adolescents and young adults and suggests that integrating such strategies into present institutional initiatives can create significant and enduring reductions in drinking and driving among this population. (Author)
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, Alcoholic Beverages, Behavior
Drinking-Age Laws: An Evaluation Synthesis of Their Impact on Highway Safety. Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Committee on Public Works and Transportation, House of Representatives.
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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Program Evaluation and Methodology Div. – 1987
This study examined existing evaluations of drinking-age laws to determine the extent to which they provide empirical support for federal and state initiatives to change the legal drinking age. It specifically examined the effects that raising the minimum drinking age has had on traffic accidents, beverage alcohol consumption, driving after…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Groups, Alcoholic Beverages, Chronological Age
Youth Driving without Impairment. Report on the Youth Impaired Driving Public Hearings (Atlanta, Georgia; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Fort Worth, Texas; Seattle, Washington). A Community Challenge.
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National Commission against Drunk Driving, Washington, DC. – 1988
The testimony heard by the National Commission against Drunk Driving on how to prevent alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes, which constitute the leading cause of death for youth of driving age, resulted in some of the recommendations in this report. The document consists of an executive summary, a preface, an explanation of the Youth Impaired…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education
Drinking-Driving and Fatal Crashes: A New Perspective
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Zylman, Richard – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1975
Discusses the relationship between alcohol and fatal automobile crashes. Stresses the need for controlled studies in order to determine the correlation between drunk drivers and fatal accidents and to obtain dependable statistics on alcohol-related crashes. (BD)
Descriptors: Alcoholic Beverages, Alcoholism, Death, Drinking
Raise the Drinking Age, and Force Young Drinkers Off the Road.
Volpe, John A. – Executive Educator, 1984
The chairman of the National Commission Against Drunk Driving editorializes against raising the drinking age and presents statistical evidence to back up his statement. (MD)
Descriptors: Age, Alcoholic Beverages, Driver Education, Traffic Accidents
Teens and Autos: A Deadly Combination. A Special Issue.
Tyler, Rea; Hood, Paul C., Ed. – Highway Loss Reduction Status Report, 1981
By a wide margin, the major public health problem for teenagers in the United States is injuries associated with motor vehicle accidents. Starting at age 13, motor vehicle passenger death rates per capita climb sharply compared to passengers of other ages. Since deaths per licensed driver peak at the age of 18, insurance analysts have recommended…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age, Alcoholic Beverages, Comparative Analysis
Student Drug Use and Driving: A University Sample.
Valois, Robert F. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1986
This investigation was conducted to examine drug use by university students and to identify significant associations among biographical, drug use, and driving variables. Results are presented, and conclusions are drawn. (MT)
Descriptors: Alcoholic Beverages, Drinking, Higher Education, Illegal Drug Use