Effective measures for combating drink-driving offenses: An attitudinal model for Hong Kong

Transportmetrica A: Transport Science

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 722-739

  Li, Y C ^a   Sze, N N ^b   Wong, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

drink driving; mixed logistic regression; random breath test; stated preference survey; traffic safety

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

BREATH TESTS; DRINK DRIVING; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; STATED PREFERENCE SURVEYS; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

CRIME;

EID: 84901312710     PISSN: 23249935     EISSN: 23249943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23249935.2013.854425     Document Type: Article

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