Night-time driving: the use of seat-belts and alcohol

Noordzij, P C; Meester, A. C.; Verschuur, William L.G.

doi:10.1080/00140138808966708

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“…Earlier data from checkpoints conducted in Ontario, Canada, showed that only 36 percent of drinking drivers wore their seat belts as compared with 62 percent of non-drinking drivers. Similar results were reported from British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Denmark (Lawson et al, 1982;Noordzij et al, 1988). Preusser et al (1986) conducted a study to test the theory that very high-risk drivers (e.g., drinking drivers traveling at night) were the least likely to use seat belts.…”

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Daytime and nighttime seat belt use at selected sites in New Mexico

Solomon¹,

Chaudhary²,

Preusser³

2007

PsycEXTRA Dataset

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Observational surveys of seat belt use were conducted at 108 observation sites across New Mexico during both daytime and nighttime hours. Belt use at night measured 6.2 percentage points lower than daytime. Belt use was related to sex, vehicle type, road type and population density. Increasing seat belt usage among occupants traveling at night could substantially lessen injury and fatality rates among passenger vehicle occupants.

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confidence: 56%

Daytime and nighttime seat belt use at selected sites in New Mexico

Solomon¹,

Chaudhary²,

Preusser³

2007

PsycEXTRA Dataset

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“…Noordzij, Meester, and Verschuur (1988) reported that young drivers and drinking drivers in the Netherlands were less likely to be restrained during the night. At the time of the study, young drinking drivers buckled up only 21% of the time.…”

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Connecticut nighttime safety belt use

Chaudhary

Preusser

2006

Journal of Safety Research

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“…3,8,10,[14][15][16][17] The lowering of the illegal level of BAC from 0.10 to 0.08 resulted in reductions in alcoholrelated crashes and fatalities up to 5%-16%. 3,8 After lowering the BAC legal limit from 0.08 to 0.05, the fatal crashes involving drunk drivers decreased to at least 5%-8% and up to 18% in other countries, [17][18][19][20] and the number of fatalities reduced from approximately 100 to 64 after implementing the law in France, 21 and an overall 9.4% decrease in alcohol-related crashes was observed in Austria. 18 Furthermore, the lowering of the legal BAC limit from 0.05 to 0.03 in Japan led to a reduction in alcohol-related crashes by 50% and 52% in adult men and women, respectively, as well as by 64% in teenagers.…”

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<p>Effect of Lowering the Blood Alcohol Concentration Limit to 0.03 Among Hospitalized Trauma Patients in Southern Taiwan: A Cross-Sectional Analysis</p>

Huang

Chou

et al. 2020

RMHP

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Background: In June 2013, the legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit for driving was lowered from 0.05 to 0.03 mg/mL in Taiwan. Thus, this study aimed to assess the epidemiological changes in terms of drinking among drivers in southern Taiwan before and after the law was imposed. Methods: Only patients who had undergone the BAC test at the emergency room were included in the study. The patients during the study period before (n = 2735) and after (n = 2413) the implementation of the law were selected for comparison. Drunk patients were defined as those who had a BAC ≥0.005 and were considered as driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol. Meanwhile, driving while intoxicated (DWI) was defined as a BAC ≥0.05, which was the level adopted in the new law. Results: Since the BAC limit lowered to 0.03, the number of DUI patients significantly decreased from 340 (12.4%) to 171 (7.1%), and that of DWI patients significantly reduced from 273 (10.0%) to 146 (6.1%) based on the alcohol test. In addition, after the implementation of the law, the number of associated injuries did not significantly decrease from that before the law was implemented in patients involved in alcohol-related crashes. Conclusion: After lowering the legal BAC limit from 0.05 to 0.03, responsiveness to the change in law was observed among the studied population. However, such responsiveness may not be observed in some citizens who may need special interventions to help reduce their behavior of drinking and driving.

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Night-time driving: the use of seat-belts and alcohol

Cited by 9 publications

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Daytime and nighttime seat belt use at selected sites in New Mexico

Daytime and nighttime seat belt use at selected sites in New Mexico

Connecticut nighttime safety belt use

<p>Effect of Lowering the Blood Alcohol Concentration Limit to 0.03 Among Hospitalized Trauma Patients in Southern Taiwan: A Cross-Sectional Analysis</p>

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