In 1996 in the Netherlands a new course model was introduced to reduce the problem of drunk driving: the Educational Measure Alcohol and traffic (EMA). Anyone apprehended while driving with a blood-alcohol-concentration (BAC) of between 1.3 and 1.8 per mille qualifies him- or herself for a three day educational course followed by an individual evaluation. By using a so called quasi-experimental design in which an experimental group of course participants was compared with a control group of non-participants the effects of the EMA were studied. (Author/publisher) For the covering abstract of the conference see ITRD Abstract No. E201067.
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