Drink driving enforcement and publicity campaigns: Are the policy recommendations sensitive to model specification?

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 259-266

  Tay, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drink driving; Enforcement; Publicity campaigns; Road safety

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; ROADS AND STREETS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

DRINK DRIVING; ENFORCEMENT; PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS; ROAD SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRIME; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; SOCIAL MARKETING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRIME; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL MARKETING; VICTORIA;

EID: 12344313262     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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