title: Identifying impaired drivers among the general driving population.
abstract: The primary purpose of this study was to identify predictors of impaired driving among a random sample of Canadian drivers who consume beverage alcohol. A second purpose was to determine if impaired drivers in the general population have characteristics similar to those reported among convicted and accident-involved impaired drivers. Amount of alcohol consumed over the past seven days was found to be the single most powerful predictor of both frequency of drinking-driving and of impaired driving. Impaired drivers differed from moderate-drinking drivers on a number of measures and were characterized by more irresponsible attitudes and higher risk behavior, consistent with findings of other impaired-driver subgroups. It is concluded that impaired driving may be just one behavior which is part of a deviant behavioral syndrome typified by high-risk behaviors.
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001290:Attitude; D001334:Automobile Driving; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012622:Seat Belts; D012647:Self-Assessment