Influence of social norm and alcohol checks on drink-driving. Belgium has a problem with drink-driving (DUI) — and the extent of the problem is even worse than in most other European countries (see results DRUID project, http://www.druid-project.eu). In Belgium the percentage of drivers who drink and drive with an alcohol blood concentration above the legal limit (BAC: 0.5‰) is around 2%. On weekend nights, this percentage amounts to almost 9%. Among seriously injured drivers, 38% were tested positive for alcohol above the legal limit. In other words, although those drivers who do not respect the legal alcohol limit form only a very small minority (2%), this group is responsible for an important part of serious road accidents (38%). Moreover, the drink-driving prevalence in Belgium has improved very little within the last years. (Author/publisher)
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