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An evaluation of hardship licensing for DWIs. Volume 2, Effect on general and specific deterrents
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1989-08-01
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Alternative Title:An evaluation of hardship licensing for driving while intoxicated. Volume 2, Effect on general and specific deterrants
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Abstract:The research described in this report attempted to assess the effects of offering hardship licenses to drivers under suspension for drinking/driving offenses. The results of this research lead to the following conclusions: Court Operations - Changes in the law that increase the use of suspensions do not affect arrest or conviction rate. Any concern that the inability to offer hardship licenses will have an adverse affect upon enforcement or adjudication of drinking driving offenses appears unwarranted. Employment - Less than 2% of drivers suspended for drinking and driving show substantiated job loss. Since the rate of reported job loss for DWIs is the same for suspended and unsuspended drivers, any adverse effect on employment can be attributed to the drinking or the conviction rather than to the suspension. General Deterrence - Issuance of a hardship license does not appear to undermine the value of license suspension in deterring drivers in general from drinking-driving offenses. Drivers who lack knowledge as to the availability of hardship licenses are not additionally deterred by the information that such licenses are not available. Specific Deterrence - Issuance of hardship licenses to suspended drivers increases the amount of driving and hence the exposure to traffic violations and accidents, except in states requiring special insurance coverage, where it is the safer drivers who tend to seek hardship licenses. Neither full suspension nor hardship licensing appears to affect recidivism for DWI offenses. /Abstract from report summary page/
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