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home / centre for automotive safety research / Publications / List / Details Publication Details| Title | Alcohol and Road Safety [editorial] | | Authors | McLean AJ | | Year | 1980 | | Type | Journal Article | | Abstract | The importance of alcohol intoxication as a risk factor in road accident involvement is rarely questioned. Because of this attitude many drink-driving countermeasures are based on a recognition of the importance of the problem rather than on a clear understanding of its characteristics. This is not necessarily a bad thing; malaria can be eradicated by draining a swamp, regardless of whether the immediate aim is to eliminate the source of the ''bad air" or to interrupt the reproductive cycle of the Anopheles mosquito. But no socially-acceptable drink-driving countermeasure has been shown to produce a major reduction in the incidence of alcohol-related crashes; hence the need for continuing research and evaluation. | | Journal Title | Community Health Studies | | Journal Volume (Issue) | 4(3) | | Page Range | 270 | | Page Count | 1 | | Notes | available from CASR library on request |
| Reference | | McLean AJ (1980). Alcohol and Road Safety [editorial]. Community Health Studies, 4(3), 270. |
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