Random breath testing in Queensland and Western Australia: Examination of how the random breath testing rate influences alcohol related traffic crash rates

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 181-188

  Ferris, Jason ^a   Mazerolle, Lorraine ^a   King, Mark ^b   Bates, Lyndel ^b   Bennett, Sarah ^a   Devaney, Madonna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Crashes; Deterrence; Drink driving; Random breath testing

Indexed keywords

CRASHES; DETERRENCE; DRINK DRIVING; DRINKING DRIVING; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; LICENSED DRIVERS; POLICY DECISIONS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALCOHOLS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL;

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREATH ANALYSIS; CAR DRIVING; CRASHES; DETERRENCE; DRINK DRIVING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RANDOM BREATH TESTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ALCOHOL; CRASHES; DETERRENCE; DRINK DRIVING; RANDOM BREATH TESTING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BREATH TESTS; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUEENSLAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84884655384     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.08.018     Document Type: Article

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