Drug Impaired Driving : Understanding the Problem and Ways to Reduce It (a Report to Congress)

Compton, R.; Vegega, M.; Smither, D.

doi:10.21949/1525748

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Drug Impaired Driving : Understanding the Problem and Ways to Reduce It (a Report to Congress)

2009-12-01
By Compton, R. ; Vegega, M. ; Smither, D.

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Compton, R. ; Vegega, M. ; Smither, D.
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United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Behavioral Safety Research
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DOT HS 811 268
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21949/1525748
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Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
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United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Behavioral Safety Research
Abstract:

This report was prepared in accordance with Section 2013 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). The report summarizes a series of studies undertaken by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to acquire the information needed to address the general problem of drug-impaired driving. The report describes the research conducted on prevention, detection, and prosecution of driving under the influence of drugs; issues associated with determining what drugs impair driving; difficulties in relating blood levels of drugs and impairment; lack of information about what drugs are frequently used by drivers and what drugs elevate crash risk; problems in obtaining representative data about current enforcement, prosecution, and adjudication of drug-impaired driving; training for law enforcement officers in recognizing drug-impaired drivers; review of drug-impaired driving laws; and what is known about the role of drugs as causal factors in traffic crashes. It highlights the need for further research and concludes with recommendations to better address the problem of drug-impaired driving.
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