Hard-core drinking drivers in New Zealand.

Author(s)
Bailey, J.P.M. & Bailey, M.L.
Year
Abstract

Data from studies of fatally-injured drinking drivers and convicted drinking drivers are compared using two different definitions of hardcore drinking drivers, namely those with a prior conviction for drink driving and those with a blood alcohol level exceeding 150 mg/100 mL for the current offence. The former definition leads to much greater distinctions between the two groups. The repeat offending rates for drinking and driving suggest that the harsher penalties given to hardcore offenders serve to minimise the rate of repeat offending. There have been marked changes in the age distributions of hardcore and soft-core convicted drinking drivers between 1992/1993 and 1998/1999.

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Library number
C 17059 (In: C 17017 [electronic version only]) /83 / ITRD E107034
Source

In: Alcohol, drugs and traffic safety T2000 : proceedings of the 15th ICADTS International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety, Stockholm, Sweden, May 22nd - 26th, 2000, pp.-

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