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T1 Alcohol and drug use by Spanish drivers: Comparison of two cross-sectional road-side surveys (2008–9/2013)
A1 Fierro Lorenzo, María Inmaculada
A1 González Luque, Juan Carlos
A1 Seguí Gómez, María
A1 Álvarez González, Francisco Javier
K1 Automóviles - Conducción en estado de embriaguez
AB Driving under the influence of substances (DUI) other thanalcohol has been the subject of increasing interest over the past fewdecades (Schulze et al., 2012). As with alcohol, research has shownthat drug intake increases the risk of road traffic accidents (Elvik,2013; Schulze et al., 2012; Verstraete & Legrand, 2014). Interventionin this area is a priority. A key factor for deterring DUI is toconvince drug-using drivers that the risk of detection is high(Jones, Donnelly, Swift, & Weatherburn, 2006; Watling, Palk,Freeman, & Davey, 2010) thus, adequate law enforcement, and thecontinuity of roadside testing for drug use among drivers, play animportant role (Shepherd, 2001; Watson & Freeman, 2007).For the European Project DRUID (Driving under the Influenceof Drugs, Alcohol and Medicines; http://www.druid-project.eu),roadside surveys were conducted in 13 European countries andresults showed large differences in the prevalence of alcohol anddrug intake by country (Schulze et al., 2012). The highestprevalence was found in Southern Europe (Italy, Spain andPortugal). In Spain, avoiding driving after alcohol or drug usehas been recognized as crucial to improving road safety. Fiveyears after the DRUID project, a new roadside survey wasconducted following a similar methodology in order to studywhether the use of alcohol and drugs among Spanish drivers hadchanged.
PB Elsevier
SN 0955-3959
YR 2015
FD 2015
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/15248
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/15248
LA eng
NO International Journal of Drug Policy 26 (2015) n. 8. 794–797
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 27-dic-2024