Can Low-Manpower Checkpoints Provide Effective DWI/DUI Enforcement in Small Communities?
Author: John H. Lacey.; Susan A. Ferguson.; Tara Kelley-Baker.; Raamses P. Rider.
Source: Volume 10, Number 01, Winter 2006 , pp.10-11(2)
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Abstract:
A recent study by the IIHS, excerpted below, gives credence to the effectiveness of the fixed sobriety checkpoint. However, it raises another issue. Low manpower fixed sobriety checkpoints do not appear to reduce the frequency of drinking and driving over time, but they do reduce alcohol-impaired driving which is the goal of such efforts. The American Beverage Institute has challenged the efficacy of sobriety checkpoints and the article below is a response to their arguments. The synopsis below was excerpted from a more substantial March report from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) concerning the effectiveness of low-manpower impaired driving checkpoints that includes discussion about the research design, statistical methodology, and anecdotal reports.Keywords: The American Beverage Institute; Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS); NHTSA; BAC
Affiliations:
1: Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation; 2: Institute for Highway Safety; 3: Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation; 4: Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation.