Which young people accept a lift from a drunk or drugged driver?

Whether or not to ride with an intoxicated driver: Predicting intentions using an extended version of the theory of planned behaviour

“…While two previous studies have found that the TPB failed to fully mediate the effect of demographic variables on intentions to drink and drive (Armitage et al, 2002;Parker et al, 1992b), the present study found no significant impact of age and gender on intentions to ride with an intoxicated driver after accounting for the impact of the TPB components (see Calafat et al, 2009, for similar results). Thus, the results provide some support to the assumption of Ajzen (1991) that demographic variables influence behaviour indirectly via the TPB components.…”

“…The results from the current study showed that frequency of alcohol use did not have a significant impact on intentions not to drink and drive, after accounting for the TPB components. Although this finding do provide some support of the assumption by Ajzen (1991), it should be emphasized that it is reasonable to expect heavy drinking/drunkenness to be stronger related passengers' decisions to ride with drunk drivers (see e.g., Calafat et al, 2009), implying that future studies applying the TPB should rather assess frequency of heavy episodic drinking in the context of drunk driving. Another interesting issue for further research could be to examine the impact of heavy episodic drinking among passengers at the particular night when considering riding with an intoxicated driver, and not only the typical measure of frequency of heavy drinking during the past 12 months.…”

“…Several studies have shown that those who drink alcohol are more likely to be passengers of drunk drivers (e.g., Calafat et al, 2009;Pounlin et al, 2007). However, no previous studies have examined the impact of alcohol use on intentions to drink and drive beyond the impact of the components of the TPB.…”

“…Moreover, those who drink alcohol are more likely to be passengers of drunk drivers (Calafat et al, 2009;Pounlin, Boudreau, & Asbridge, 2007;Walker et al, 2005).…”

Impacts of Alcoholism in Public Health: A Systematic Review

“…Important sex differences are apparent in alcohol-related traffic risk behaviors. Although the gender gap with AUD in the general population is closing [58,59,39] men appear more likely to drive under the influence of alcohol and drive after drinking any alcohol, while have been mixed findings on riding with an intoxicated driver (RWID) [60,61,62,63,39].…”