State of Knowledge of Alcohol-Impaired Driving: Research on Repeat DWI Offenders

792157PDFResearch PaperDTNH22-98-C-05109Drunk driversRepeat offendersRecidivismLiterature reviewsUnited StatesUnited States. National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationJones, Ralph K.Lacey, John H.NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-AccidentsNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human FactorsNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway SafetyUS Transportation CollectionReviews the scientific literature since 1990 about drivers who have been convicted more than once of driving while impairedby alcohol (DWI). Covers the role of such drivers in alcohol-related crashes, their characteristics, and the nature andeffectiveness of countermeasures designed to reduce their alcohol-crash involvement. The review was performed as a partof a larger review of the state of knowledge about alcohol-impaired driving at the millennium. 5 Figures, 6 tables. 51p