TRENDS IN HOTEL PATRONAGE AND DRINK DRIVING IN HOBART, TASMANIA

Authors
MCLEAN S WOOD LJ MONTGOMERY LM DAVIDSON J JONES ME
Citation
S. Mclean et al., TRENDS IN HOTEL PATRONAGE AND DRINK DRIVING IN HOBART, TASMANIA, Drug and alcohol review, 14(4), 1995, pp. 359-362
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Substance Abuse
Journal title
Drug and alcohol review → ACNP
ISSN journal
09595236
Volume
14
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
359 - 362
Database
ISI
SICI code
0959-5236(1995)14:4<359:TIHPAD>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
From 1990 to 1991 in the Hobart region there was a marked fall in both hotel patronage and the proportion of patrons subsequently driving wi th their blood alcohol concentration above the legal limit, This was a ssociated with smaller falls in the number of drink drivers charged an d alcohol-related road accidents, which continued in the following yea r. It appears that the pattern of drinking and driving is changing, pr esumably in response to random breath testing and tougher penalties fo r offences.