Use of intermediaries in DWI deterrence. Volume III: Dram shop acts, common law liability and State alcoholic beverage control (ABC) enforcement as potential DWI countermeasures.

Many trips undertaken by alcohol-impaired drivers originate at public drinking establishments. This paper examines the legal frame-work in which business licensed for the scale and on-premise consumption of alcohol beverages operate. It is concluded that there are constraints on the effectiveness of all legal approaches to encourage DWI intervention but that stepped-up enforcement offers more potential for encouraging intervention.