Driving under the influence of alcohol in Germany and the effect of relaxing the BAC law

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 41, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 377-393

  Vollrath, Mark ^a   Kruger H P ^b   Lobmann R ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony   (Germany)

Author keywords

BAC limit; Deterrence; Driving under the influence of alcohol; Roadside survey

Indexed keywords

TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

EID: 20344367487     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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