Impact of alcohol checks and social norm on driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI)

Meesmann, Uta; Martensen, Heike; Dupont, Emmanuelle

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2015.04.016

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“…In terms of police roadside alcohol checks, Meesmann et al (2015) has stated they may be more likely to target male drivers (as well as younger drivers and those who drive at night). At the same time, the ESRA2 survey held in 2018 and 2019 revealed that male respondents (a) consider it more likely to be checked by the police for using alcohol as a car driver on a typical journey (25.6%) than women do (19.5%), (b) were more likely to have been subjected to a Breathalyzer test at least once in the last year while driving a car on a typical journey (23.5%) than women were (13.0%) (Goldenbeld et al, 2022).…”

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Sex differences in driving under the influence: What can we conclude from accident data and point system?

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Bucsuházy²,

Kadula³

et al. 2022

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The Czech Republic regularly ranks among the countries with the highest average alcohol consumption in the world, with men consuming about three times more alcohol than women. This is of particular concern in road safety. Approximately 5% of road accidents caused by motor vehicle drivers in the Czech Republic between 2012 and 2020 happened due to drivers under the influence of alcohol and/or other addictive substances (DUI). However, these accidents accounted for almost 11% of all fatalities registered in these accidents, most of which (95%) were caused by male drivers. This paper aimed to (1) analyze the differences in DUI between men and women, (2) relate data from drivers' penalty point system regarding DUI to data on the accident rate of inebriated drivers in the Czech Republic between 2012 and 2020. It was ascertained that men have a marked preponderance in both the point system (89%) and the accident data (86%) and the point system positively correlates with accident data in both men and women. In addition, the causes of traffic accidents vary according to the sex of the culprit -women crashed most often due to loss of vehicle control, whereas crashes of men occurred as a result of speeding. The statistical findings were complemented by the experience of an expert group conducting rehabilitation programs for drivers with suspended driving license.

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Sex differences in driving under the influence: What can we conclude from accident data and point system?

Šragová¹,

Bucsuházy²,

Kadula³

et al. 2022

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“…Through data-linking, individual survey data and national characteristics (e.g. economic development, legislation) can be combined in a common statically model (example of multilevel analysis combining national data with individual SARTE4 survey data: Meesmann, Martensen, & Dupont, 2015). Therefore, the individual data of the next ESRA survey (ESRA2), will be supplemented by national contextual information/data, to facilitate more in-depth analyses and interpretation of the available data.…”

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How do vulnerable road users look at road safety? International comparison based on ESRA data from 25 countries

Torfs

Meesmann

2019

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviou

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The overall aim of the ESRA project is to provide scientific support to road safety policy by generating comparable national data on the current road safety situation. The first ESRA survey was conducted online using representative samples (N = 1000) of the national adult populations in 25 countries across the world. The field work was carried out in two waves: (1) June/July 2015, and (2) November 2016. In total, the first ESRA1 survey covers almost 27,000 respondents, among which roughly 21,000 were identified as vulnerable road users. Vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, cyclists, or motorcyclists suffer the most severe consequences in road crashes with other road users, because they cannot protect themselves against the speed and mass of the other party. Given their high vulnerability, these types of road users are of special interest to policy makers. The objective of this paper is to present the ESRA1 results regarding the safety attitudes of vulnerable road users. Special attention was given to 'road crash involvement', 'safety feeling', and 'self-reported unsafe traffic behavior' (i.e., the use of headphone and (motor)cycle helmet). Results show that vulnerable road users were more involved in road crashes compared to car drivers and that they feel less safe. Pedestrians feel safer in traffic compared to other types of vulnerable road users. Logistic regression models show that the use of headphones while walking and cycling is associated with gender, age, and support of policy measures. The use of a (motor)cycle helmet is associated with age and support of policy measures. The ESRA project has shown the feasibility and the added value of joint data collection by a network of road safety organizations. The intention is to extend the ESRA survey to an increasing number of countries and to repeat it on a triennial basis.

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“…Multilevel modeling takes into consideration within-cluster correlations and has been used extensively in a variety of disciplines such as econometrics, education, psychology, and epidemiology ( 24 , 25 , 32 – 34 ) to properly account for hierarchical structures. It captures the potential between-cluster heterogeneity because of unobserved factors, which has made practical implications in several applications ( 20 , 23 , 35 ). Furthermore, it breaks down the variance in the outcome variable and provides insight into the proportion of each level of the hierarchy in the outcome variance, which is not available from traditional methods ( 20 , 26 ).…”

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Exploring the Effects of Vehicular and Operational Characteristics on Bus Roadworthiness: An Application of the Multilevel Modeling Approach

Qiu

Logan

Oxley

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This paper examines the effects of vehicular and operational characteristics on bus roadworthiness. The analysis was based on annual bus inspection data in Victoria, Australia, between 2014 and 2017, consisting of 17,630 inspections of 6,447 vehicles run by 252 operators. A multilevel modeling approach was employed to account for the hierarchical data structure where inspections are nested within vehicles and vehicles within operators. The results offered insights into the effects on bus roadworthiness of characteristics attributable to inspections, vehicles, and operators. The probability of failing an inspection was found to be positively associated with vehicle age and odometer reading. Vehicle make played an important role in roadworthiness outcome, with the performance of different makes varying significantly. Small operators carried the highest risk of failure and large operators the lowest, irrespective of the location of operation. The multilevel analysis revealed that 28.9% of the variation in inspection outcomes occurred across operators and 5.2% across vehicles, which verified the presence of the hierarchical structure. The findings from this study provide safety regulators with solid research evidence to formulate policies aimed at enhancing bus roadworthiness.

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Impact of alcohol checks and social norm on driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI)

Cited by 29 publications

References 27 publications

Sex differences in driving under the influence: What can we conclude from accident data and point system?

Sex differences in driving under the influence: What can we conclude from accident data and point system?

How do vulnerable road users look at road safety? International comparison based on ESRA data from 25 countries

Exploring the Effects of Vehicular and Operational Characteristics on Bus Roadworthiness: An Application of the Multilevel Modeling Approach

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