Young people, alcohol, and driving in two australian states

Wendy Loxley; Sing Kai Lo; Ross Homel; Dale E. Berger; John R. Snortum

doi:10.3109/10826089209047338

Young people, alcohol, and driving in two australian states

Wendy Loxley^*, Sing Kai Lo, Ross Homel, Dale E. Berger, John R. Snortum

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Abstract

Road traffic accidents are the single largest cause of death in Australia among people aged 15-24. The proposition that a broadly based deterrence measure, such as random breath testing (RBT), would be sufficient to change the behavior of young drivers was tested in a comparison of young drivers in New South Wales (NSW), which has had RBT for 6 years, with young drivers in Western Australia (WA), where there was no RBT. The results demonstrated that NSW young drivers were less likely to drink and drive and more likely to believe their peers would disapprove of drink-driving than were their counterparts in WA. It was concluded that RBT had altered the drink-driving behavior and possibly the beliefs about drink-driving of young people in NSW.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1119-1129
Number of pages	11
Journal	Substance Use and Misuse
Volume	27
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/10826089209047338
State	Published - 1992
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Attitudes
Australia
Drink-driving
Random breath testing
Youth

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Young people, alcohol, and driving in two australian states

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