The paper reviews the criminal and driving history of a sub-sample of 99 drivers drawn randomly from drivers charged with criminal alcohol related driving offences in Toronto, Canada after the implementation of the immediate ninety- day administrative driver licence suspension (A.D.L.S.) in November, 1996. These data, referred to herein as the 1998 sample, and results are compared to the 1996 sample, which was reported on previously (1), to determine changes, if any, in the characteristics, as reflected in the criminal and driving records of those charged with drinking and driving related criminal offences in the face of the deterrent of the immediate ninety- day licence suspension. The paper reviews whether the immediate ninety day A.D.L.S. has deterred drivers with previous criminal or significant driver histories. Findings from the 1998 sub-sample that are distinct from the 1996 sub-sample findings are reported on. Some of the measurements in the 1998 sample are either the same as, or have little differential with the 1996 sub-sample and are not reported on. (Author/publisher) For the covering abstract of the conference see ITRD Abstract No. E201067.
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