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The impact of increased penalties on Australian drink/ driving behaviour

Allan Patrick. Layton

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The objective of this paper was to attempt to clarify the efficacy of drink/ driving penalties (specifically the disqualification period) in influencing drink/ driving behaviour. The present analysis suggests that, in the Victorian case, doubling the disqualification period to six months had a statistically significant impact on the proportion of motorists driving with a BAC greater than 0.05. This would indicate that the imposition of longer license suspension periods for violations of the law tended to reduce drink/ driving.

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The objective of this paper was to attempt to clarify the efficacy of drink/ driving penalties (specifically the disqualification period) in influencing drink/ driving behaviour. The present analysis suggests that, in the Victorian case, doubling the disqualification period to six months had a statistically significant impact on the proportion of motorists driving with a BAC greater than 0.05. This would indicate that the imposition of longer license suspension periods for violations of the law tended to reduce drink/ driving.

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The objective of this paper was to attempt to clarify the efficacy of drink/ driving penalties (specifically the disqualification period) in influencing drink/ driving behaviour. The present analysis suggests that, in the Victorian case, doubling the disqualification period to six months had a statistically significant impact on the proportion of motorists driving with a BAC greater than 0.05. This would indicate that the imposition of longer license suspension periods for violations of the law tended to reduce drink/ driving.

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