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Journal article
The drink and drug driving behaviours of young Queensland drivers and attitudes toward apprehension
Traffic Injury Prevention, Vol.24(7), pp.521-526
2023
PMID: 37345915
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Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to explore the self-reported drink and drug driving behaviors of a sample of young drivers from Queensland (Australia) holding a learner license (N = 162, 27%), provisional 1 (P1) license (N = 251, 41.8%), or provisional 2 (P2) license (N = 188, 31.3%), as well as motorists' corresponding perceptions about the likelihood of apprehension and their future intentions to offend.
Methods: The study involved 601 drivers aged between 16 and 24 years (302 males, 50.2% and 296 females, 49.3%) who all completed an online survey.
Results: Almost half the sample acknowledged engaging in drink and/or drug driving behaviors in the previous 12 months (N = 264, 44%), with a total of 773 drink driving and 8842 drug driving events reported. Offending was more common among P2 drivers (62% reported at least once), and least common among learner drivers (25% reported at least once). When predicting future drink driving and drug driving intentions, lower certainty of apprehension and greater past offending both emerged as significant predictors.
Conclusions: Young drivers may benefit from reminders throughout the GDL process regarding the laws and risks associated with impaired driving. Greater policing resources for drug and alcohol testing may be needed for young drivers, to establish a high certainty of apprehension, as early as possible in their driving experience.
Details
- Title
- The drink and drug driving behaviours of young Queensland drivers and attitudes toward apprehension
- Authors
- Laura Mills (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Road Safety Research CollaborationJames Freeman (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Road Safety Research Collaboration
- Publication details
- Traffic Injury Prevention, Vol.24(7), pp.521-526
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc.
- Date published
- 2023
- DOI
- 10.1080/15389588.2023.2215889
- ISSN
- 1538-957X; 1538-9588
- PMID
- 37345915
- Copyright note
- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the creative commons attribution-noncommercial-noDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
- Organisation Unit
- Road Safety Research Collaboration; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99735295902621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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