Effects of introducing an administrative.05% blood alcohol concentration limit on law enforcement patterns and alcohol-related collisions in Canada

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 82, Issue , 2015, Pages 101-111

  Blais, Étienne ^a,b   Bellavance, François ^b,c   Marcil, Alexandra ^b,c   Carnis, Laurent ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INTERUNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTRE ON ENTERPRISE NETWORKS   (Canada)

^c HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

.05 BAC laws; Canada; Driving while impaired; Fatally injured drivers; Law enforcement; Longitudinal data

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CRASHWORTHINESS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES;

.05% BAC LAWS; ADMINISTRATIVE LAW; BLOOD-ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION; CANADA; DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED; LINEAR MIXED-EFFECTS MODEL; LONGITUDINAL DATA; POLICE OFFICERS;

LAW ENFORCEMENT;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE;

EID: 84930645848     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.04.038     Document Type: Article

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