Abandonment of mandatory jail for impaired drivers in Norway and Sweden.
In 1988 and 1990, respectively, Norway and Sweden adopted legal reforms including abandonment of mandatory jail sentences for persons driving with BACs above specific limits. Interrupted time-series analysis finds that in both countries traffic deaths diminished simultaneously with the reforms, consistent with the understanding that Scandinavian success in reducing impaired driving does not depend upon mandatory jail.
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Department of Sociology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87131, USA.
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D009664:Norway; D011330:Prisons / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013548:Sweden