Over the past decade, considerable attention has been directed to drivers with high blood alcohol concentrations (BACs). Less is known about drinking drivers at the other end of the distribution: those with BACs below 0.08% or 0.05%. For example, to what extent do people with low BACs contribute to the alcohol-impaired driving problem? What factors or conditions enhance or mitigate impairment at low BACs? What are the implications for traffic safety, public information and education, enforcement, and the adjudication of offenders? What are the best strategies for dealing with drivers with low BACs? The workshop sought to answer these and other questions and to provide some perspective on low BAC policies. This publication presents the papers presented at the Transportation Research Board Midyear Meeting and Workshop Committee on Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Transportation, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, July 23-24, 2001. (Author/publisher)
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