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Stronger State DUI Prevention Activities May Reduce Alcohol-Impaired Driving
Strong state activities designed to prevent driving under the influence (DUI), including legislation, enforcement, and education, may reduce the incidence of drinking and driving, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study, published in the June 2002 issue of Injury Prevention, found that in states that are working more actively to prevent DUI, fewer drivers reported drinking and driving. CDC analyzed data from a national telephone survey, the 1997 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), and the Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Rating the States 2000 survey, which graded states on their DUI countermeasures from 1996-1999. Results showed that residents of states with a MADD grade of "D" were 60% more likely to report alcohol-impaired driving than were residents from states with a MADD grade of "A." MADD based the grades on 11 categories of prevention measures, including DUI legislation, political leadership, availability of statistics and records, resources devoted to enforcing DUI laws, administrative penalties and criminal sanctions, regulatory control and availability of alcohol, youth DUI legislation, prevention and education, and victim compensation and support.
Shults RA, Sleet DA, Elder RW, Ryan GW, Sehgal M. Association between state level drinking and driving countermeasures and self reported alcohol impaired driving. Injury Prevention 2002;8:106–10.
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