Drinking patterns and drunk-driving behaviour in Catalonia, Spain: A comparative study

This study explores three alcohol-related databases so as to provide a comprehensive understanding of drinking patterns and the prevalence of alcohol-impaired driving in Catalonia (Spain). The rate of alcohol-impaired drivers is compared with the percentage of drinkers in this population, with a par...

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Autores: Alcañiz, Manuela, Santolino, Miguel, Ramon, Lluís
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
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Palabra clave:Consum d'alcohol i accidents de circulació
Accidents de circulació
Estudi de casos
Drinking and traffic accidents
Traffic accidents
Case studies
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spelling Drinking patterns and drunk-driving behaviour in Catalonia, Spain: A comparative studyAlcañiz, ManuelaSantolino, MiguelRamon, LluísConsum d'alcohol i accidents de circulacióAccidents de circulacióEstudi de casosDrinking and traffic accidentsTraffic accidentsCase studiesThis study explores three alcohol-related databases so as to provide a comprehensive understanding of drinking patterns and the prevalence of alcohol-impaired driving in Catalonia (Spain). The rate of alcohol-impaired drivers is compared with the percentage of drinkers in this population, with a particular focus on heavy episodic drinkers. Two strategies adopted by law enforcement agents when conducting alcohol breath tests are examined: (i) non-random and (ii) random approaches to roadblock location and driver selection. We find that heavy drinker profiles (in terms of age and gender) closely match those of alcohol-impaired drivers detected at strategically located, non-random sobriety checkpoints (especially in the case of female drivers), and that they also correlate with the age-gender distribution of drivers involved in road accidents with victims. Different drink driving patterns are detected when sobriety checkpoints are located randomly and drivers are tested at random. Older drivers are identified as a risk group as they abandon the safer driving habits in relation to alcohol shown when they were middle-aged. A combination of non-random and random controls would increase driver perception of their chances of being detected when drink driving. As such, the whole population, regardless of their drinking profile, would be alerted to the serious personal, social and legal implications of alcohol-impaired driving.Elsevier Ltd2016info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/106490Articles publicats en revistes (Econometria, Estadística i Economia Aplicada)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2016.09.031Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 2016, vol. 42, num. 3, p. 522-531https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2016.09.031cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier Ltd, 2016http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1064902026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Drinking patterns and drunk-driving behaviour in Catalonia, Spain: A comparative study
title Drinking patterns and drunk-driving behaviour in Catalonia, Spain: A comparative study
spellingShingle Drinking patterns and drunk-driving behaviour in Catalonia, Spain: A comparative study
Alcañiz, Manuela
Consum d'alcohol i accidents de circulació
Accidents de circulació
Estudi de casos
Drinking and traffic accidents
Traffic accidents
Case studies
title_short Drinking patterns and drunk-driving behaviour in Catalonia, Spain: A comparative study
title_full Drinking patterns and drunk-driving behaviour in Catalonia, Spain: A comparative study
title_fullStr Drinking patterns and drunk-driving behaviour in Catalonia, Spain: A comparative study
title_full_unstemmed Drinking patterns and drunk-driving behaviour in Catalonia, Spain: A comparative study
title_sort Drinking patterns and drunk-driving behaviour in Catalonia, Spain: A comparative study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alcañiz, Manuela
Santolino, Miguel
Ramon, Lluís
author Alcañiz, Manuela
author_facet Alcañiz, Manuela
Santolino, Miguel
Ramon, Lluís
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Ramon, Lluís
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Consum d'alcohol i accidents de circulació
Accidents de circulació
Estudi de casos
Drinking and traffic accidents
Traffic accidents
Case studies
topic Consum d'alcohol i accidents de circulació
Accidents de circulació
Estudi de casos
Drinking and traffic accidents
Traffic accidents
Case studies
description This study explores three alcohol-related databases so as to provide a comprehensive understanding of drinking patterns and the prevalence of alcohol-impaired driving in Catalonia (Spain). The rate of alcohol-impaired drivers is compared with the percentage of drinkers in this population, with a particular focus on heavy episodic drinkers. Two strategies adopted by law enforcement agents when conducting alcohol breath tests are examined: (i) non-random and (ii) random approaches to roadblock location and driver selection. We find that heavy drinker profiles (in terms of age and gender) closely match those of alcohol-impaired drivers detected at strategically located, non-random sobriety checkpoints (especially in the case of female drivers), and that they also correlate with the age-gender distribution of drivers involved in road accidents with victims. Different drink driving patterns are detected when sobriety checkpoints are located randomly and drivers are tested at random. Older drivers are identified as a risk group as they abandon the safer driving habits in relation to alcohol shown when they were middle-aged. A combination of non-random and random controls would increase driver perception of their chances of being detected when drink driving. As such, the whole population, regardless of their drinking profile, would be alerted to the serious personal, social and legal implications of alcohol-impaired driving.
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