The seriousness of the drinking driver problem is described. Alcohol-related traffic deaths amount to about 27,000 a year, and half the victims are innocent persons rather than the drunk drivers. The abusive drinker is a general menace and one of every 50 drivers is drunk. Two-thirds of the drinking drivers who cause fatal accidents were identifiable as problem drinkers before the accidents. About 10% of the driving population are estimated to be problem drinkers, a group of some seven million people. The effects of alcohol on driving ability, the ways in which blood alcohol concentrations are determined, and the ways in which alcohol leaves the body are described. New possibilities for control of the drinking driver problem are discussed. Under the Highway Safety Act of 1966, a countermeasures program was begun, including public information and education, equal enforcement, pre-sentence investigation, treatment and rehabilitation, and Alcohol Safety Action Projects. Ways in which religious groups can support alcohol countermeasure programs are proposed. (Author)


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    Title :

    New Hope. New Possibilities. A Report to the Religious Communities on The Alcohol Safety Action Projects (ASAPs)


    Contributors:
    J. Soleau (author) / D. A. Works (author)

    Publication date :

    1972


    Size :

    31 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English