Reducing Alcohol-Impaired Driving: Lower BAC Laws for Young or Inexperienced Drivers

Included Studies

Blomberg RD. Lower BAC limits for youth: evaluation of the Maryland .02 law. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1992. DOT HS 807 860.

Haque MO, Cameron M. Effect of the Victorian Zero BAC legislation on serious casualty accidents: July 1984–December 1985. J Safety Res 1989;20: 129–37.

Hingson R, Heeren T, Winter M. Lower legal blood alcohol limits for young drivers. Public Health Rep 1994;109:738–44.

Maisey GE. The effect of lowering the statutory alcohol limit for first year drivers from 0.08 to 0.02 gm/100ml (monograph). Perth, Western Australia: Western Australia Police Department, Research and Statistics Section, 1984. Research Report 84/2.

Voas RB, Lange JE, Tippetts AS. Enforcement of the zero tolerance law in California: a missed opportunity? 42nd Annual Proceedings: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, October 5–7, 1998. Charlottesville, VA. pp. 369–383.

Voas RB, Tippetts AS, Fell J. The United States limits drinking by youth under age 21: Does this reduce fatal crash involvements? 43rd Annual Proceedings Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, September 20–21, 1999. Barcelona (Sitges), Spain. pp. 265–78.