2024
DOI: 10.1111/risa.14280
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Hit‐and‐run or hit‐and‐stay? Unintended effects of a stricter BAC limit

Michael T. French,
Gulcin Gumus

Abstract: Although they comprise a relatively small subset of all traffic deaths, hit‐and‐run (HR) fatalities are both contemptible and preventable. We analyze longitudinal data from 1982 to 2008 to examine the effects of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) laws on HR traffic fatalities. Our results suggest that lower BAC limits may have an unintended consequence of increasing HR fatalities, whereas a similar effect is absent for non‐HR fatalities. Specifically, we find that the adoption of a 0.08 BAC limit is associated … Show more

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