AN ANALYSIS OF DRINK DRIVING RESEARCH

This monograph presents a review of the literature on drink driving. It is selective, the major criteria for selection being relevance and availability. The literature is restricted to the years 1971-1978, except where an earlier paper is part of a series or was judged to be particularly important. Chapter 1 is an introduction to the monograph and contains a discussion of bias and methodology, problems encountered in the literature being reviewed. Chapters 2 through 5 contain the major portions of this review and cover, respectively, the following four topics: surveys of drink driving practices, description or predictions of drinking drivers, countermeasures aimed at reducing drink driving, and measurements of drinking and drink driving. Chapter 6 presents a theoretical model based in part on the research reviewed which could be used to guide future studies, to suggest research that needs to be undertaken, and to aid intellectualizing about the likely effectiveness of a countermeasure program. The final chapter, 7, discusses a general approach to an effective countermeasure program, covering three general aspects--the acceptability of the program to the community, the target group at whom it is aimed, and the particular attitude or behavior that the program aims to change.