Conference Papers

Changing drinking and driving patterns : a case history

David South

Published in:
Alcohol and crime : proceedings of a conference held 4-6 April 1989
Julia Vernon (ed)
ISBN 0 642 14961 5 ; ISSN 1034-5086
Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1990
(AIC Conference Proceedings; no. 1)

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Abstract

The Victorian experience, as presented by South, indicates it is possible to change drinking patterns, and thereby reduce alcohol involvement in accidents. These changes occur without dramatic effects on the amount of alcohol consumed per head. South suggests that the crucial change is a decrease in the incidence of patterns of drinking that are more likely to result in an alcohol related accident. There is clear evidence that random breath testing has been one of the important factors in drink driving countermeasures.