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IMPAIRED DRIVING

Program Materials

11,000 by 2005 - Partners in Progress: An Impaired Driving Guide for Action (1) explains the ambitious anti-impaired driving initiative with the goal of reducing alcohol-related fatalities to no more than 11,000 per year by 2005. The guide identified strategies, action steps, potential partners and more in helping local communities join with this national effort. (September 1997, DOT HS 808 365A, Item #2P1035).

1997 Youth Fatal Crash and Alcohol Facts (2) takes a comprehensive look at the role of alcohol in crashes involving teens and young adults. It examines what has worked to bring about a decade-long decline, and analyzes statistics and trends over the past five years. (December 1998, DOT HS 808 837, Item #2P1019)

Develop and Test Messages to Deter Drinking and Driving is a report from a series of focus groups conducted in 1998 with both underage teens and young adults of legal drinking age. The message strategies that tested best can be incorporated into local public service campaigns and other public information. (June 1998, DOT HS 808 726, Item #7P0096)

Peer Justice and Youth Empowerment: An Implementation Guide for Teen Court Programs is a 250-page manual with information and ideas for those who are serious about setting up a peer-to-peer program. (November 1998, DOT HS 808 804, Item #2P1028)

Presidential Initiative for Making .08 BAC the National Legal Limit is a booklet that describes the goals set by President Clinton and Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater (August 1998, DOT HS 808 756, Item #2P1054)

Retail Oriented Best Practices for Underage Drinking Prevention (3) outlines successful efforts such as "Cops in Shops," seller and server training, and underage enforcement efforts. It details more than 20 programs in more than a dozen states, with cost information, ideas and evaluations. (August 1997, DOT HS 808 618, Item #2P1037)

Setting Limits, Saving Lives: The Case for .08 BAC Laws (4) covers all of the basic facts on lower legal limits for blood alcohol concentration (BAC), how these laws save lives, success stories from the U.S. and other countries, a model law, and ideas on how to generate support for public policies in your state. (January 1997, DOT HS 808 524, Item #2P0038)

The Visual Detection of DWI Motorists (6) is primarily for law enforcement officers to improve their ability to spot impaired drivers. The information could also be useful in recruiting Neighborhood Watch and other citizen groups to report suspected impaired drivers to police. (March1998, DOT HS 808 677, Item #2P1048)

Youth DWI and Underage Enforcement (5) is a manual written by law enforcement officers for officers in an easy-to-use notebook format. It includes background information, tips on getting started, ideas for building partnerships and support, how to conduct stings and other enforcement actions, public education components to complement enforcement, and more. (1997, DOT HS 0552; 1998, DOT HS 0575, Item #2P1048)

Consumer Materials

.08 BAC Limit Saves Lives: Why Every State Needs a .08 BAC Law is a brochure explaining .08 BAC laws and their effectiveness. (DOT HS 808 681, Item #2P1005)