Drinking and Driving in the USrThe 1996 National Roadside Survey1
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A series of national roadside breath test surveys designed to determine the number of drinking drivers on the roads in the US have been conducted over the last 25 years. The first o f these surveys was conducted in 1973 and a second in 1986. This paper reports on the third national survey conducted in the fall o f 1996 and its relation to trends in crashes involving drivers with high blood alcohol concentrations (BACs).
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Drinking and driving in the United States: the 1996 National Roadside Survey.
Following the same general principles of its two predecessors in 1973 and 1986, the 1996 National Roadside Survey of weekend, nighttime drivers in the 48 contiguous states interviewed and breath tested over 6000 noncommercial four-wheel vehicle operators between September 6 and November 9, 1996. Results indicated that the total number of drinking drivers fell by about one-third between 1986 and...
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