Policing the drunk driver: Measuring law enforcement involvement in reducing alcohol-impaired driving

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 267-272

  Dula, Chris S ^a   Dwyer, William O ^b   LeVerne, Gilbert ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Driving while intoxicated; DUI; DUI countermeasures; DUI enforcement; DWI; Impaired driving; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALCOHOLS; PUBLIC POLICY; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (DUI); DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED; DUI COUNTERMEASURES; DUI ENFORCEMENT; IMPAIRED DRIVING; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; TENNESSEE;

EID: 34347369778     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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