A comparison of drivers with high versus low perceived risk of being caught and arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 312-319

  Beck, Kenneth H ^a   Fell, James C ^b   Yan, Alice F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Driver beliefs; Driving under the influence; Enforcement; Impaired driving; Perceived risk; Sobriety checkpoints; Visibility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAR DRIVING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349261603     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580903022507     Document Type: Article

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