UNLABELLED The new Brazilian Traffic Code considers drinking and driving as a traffic crime. A health behavior model suggests that much of the young people's risky behavior is not planned and that questions measuring the willingness to drink and drive are useful. In face of the importance of drinking and driving as a national health problem, the objective of the present study was to analyze the...

The primary objective of this paper is to study the driving patterns of the Tennessee DUI drivers, in order to understand alcohol-related crashes and fatalities in Tennessee. Data were obtained from the Tennessee Department of Highway Safety. Driving records were analyzed for drivers who received a citation for a driving violation in 1999, since they received their driving licenses. Out of a to...

Exploiting a quasi-experimental field setting, we examine whether people are outcome biased when self-evaluating their past decisions. Using data from Swiss driving license exams, find that candidates who narrowly passed the theoretical exam significantly less likely to pass subsequent practical – which is taken several months after than those failed. Those on first attempt receive more objecti...

We study how entrepreneurs’ attitudes toward risk, as measured by their personal legal infractions, are related to information asymmetry and agency problems prior bankruptcy, using a sample of 260 small Swedish firms. find that auditor resignations more likely in firms where entrepreneurs have infractions. Furthermore, we infractions negatively the likelihood firm disclosing its annual report q...

Objective: To study the knowledge, attitude and practices of school children about road safety and hazards. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place of Study: Amal School, a private sector institution in Tulspura, Lahore. Duration of Study: December, 2012. Methodology: A structured questionnaire was used to obtain data from 100 children in classes four to ten. SPSS version 20 was used for dat...