Driving 

Following are links to websites with information on drinking and driving.

NSW Government Links

Attorney General's Department: BOCSAR
The impact of increased drink-driving penalties on recidivism rates in NSW
This bulletin examines the implementation and deterrent effect of legislation that increased the statutory penalties for drink-driving offences in NSW in 1998. Comparisons of drink-drivers sentenced before and after the legislative amendments reveal a significant reduction in reoffending after penalties were increased. May 2004
Sentencing high-range PCA drink-drivers in NSW
BOCSAR report of a study which shows that, for offenders convicted of high-range prescribed concentration of alcohol (PCA) offences over the five years to June 2001, almost one-quarter were repeat drink drivers. Of these repeat offenders, more than half had a prior PCA conviction in the high range. The sentencing of high-range drink drivers is examined in relation to the frequency and nature of prior drink-driving convictions, and to the presence of concurrent driving convictions. August 2003 (pdf file)
Sentencing drink-drivers: The use of dismissals and conditional discharges
This study shows that (in NSW) the use of dismissals and conditional discharges for PCA offences has increased sharply over the last ten years, across each of the three PCA offence ranges. The rate of use of dismissals and conditional discharges in relation to PCA offences, however, varies markedly across Local Courts

Judicial Commission of NSW
Sentencing Drink-Driving Offenders in the NSW Local Court
Analyses of drink-driving sentencing statistics and related topics. March 2003

Road Traffic Authority (RTA)
Drink Driving Action Plan: 2002-2004
This document explains the objectives, strategies and actions of the NSW Government Drink Driving Action Plan. (177 Kb pdf file)
Alcohol and Drugs
A link to information about alcohol and driving, including accident statistics, young drivers and alcohol, and blood alcohol limits.
Alcohol Interlock Program
The Alcohol Interlock Program is a new court based penalty for drink drivers.  The program enables drivers convicted of certain major alcohol-related offences to continue driving after a reduced disqualification period if they obtain an interlock driver licence and participate in the program.
Blood alcohol limits
More information about zero alcohol limit
More information abou 0.05 alcohol limit

Motor Accidents Authority (MAA)
Road Safety
Information from the MAA about road safety and drink driving

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Sentencing and Dispositions of Youth DUI and Other Alcohol Offenses
This Guide is intended to help judges and prosecutors to more effectively sanction juveniles and youths for alcohol-related offenses, work more cooperatively with administrative agencies and community organizations, and define a role for themselves outside the courtroom in preventing underage drinking and other alcohol-related offenses.

Arrive alive
Website
The Arrive Alive Website targets young people. It highlights innovative programs aimed at improving road safety. Applications to develop these programs are available from this site.

Other Links

Australian Transport Safety Bureau
Do you know when to stop?
Booklet on blood alcohol concentration and the effects of alcohol on drivers and ways to reduce the risk of exceeding safe driving limit (2.3mb pdf file)
Now your teenagers need to know about drink driving
Booklet for parents on how to talk to teenagers about drinking and driving. (1495Kb pdf file)
Alcohol and Road Fatalities in Australia 1998
This monograph provides information on the incidence of alcohol intoxication amongst drivers, motorcycle riders and pedestrians involved in fatal crashes during 1998. 2001

Eurocare
Drinking and Driving in Europe
Recommendations aimed at reducing instances of death and disability due to drinking and driving. It provides European road users with a consistent European platform on drinking and driving and to make European roads alcohol free.

Institute of Alcohol (IAS)
Drinking and Driving
Facts and figures on drinking and driving including sections on the effects of alcohol on driving skills, the legal limit, who the drink drivers are, breath tests, penalties, high risk offenders and other experimental programmes. (pdf file)

International Center for Alcohol Policies
What Drives Underage Drinking? An International Analysis
This report explores the basis of underage drinking from epidemiological, biomedical and cultural perspectives and reviews their implications for future research, education and government policy. The main purpose of the report is to demonstrate the complexity of underage and youthful drinking and the many different factors that need to be taken into account in designing appropriate responses.

National Drug and Alcohol Resarch Program (NDARC)
Factsheet

Transport Canada
The Alcohol-Crash Problem in Canada: 2000
This report describes the magnitude and characteristics of the alcohol-crash problem in Canada during 2000. (pdf file)
Smashed: Information on Drinking and Driving
A magazine on drinking and driving. This edition of Smashed reflects the changes surrounding issues of drinking and driving that have taken place over the last 20 years. Its purpose is to increase awareness and understanding of problems and be in a better position to take effective action to prevent impaired driving. (pdf file)

SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research, The Netherlands
Alcohol Interlock Implementation in the European Union: Feasibility Study
A Breath Alcohol Ignition Interlock Device (BAIID) is a breath testing device connected to the ignition system of a motor vehicle. It prevents an operator from starting the vehicle if the breath alcohol concentration exceeds a predetermined threshold. From November 2000 until September 2001, a consortium of European road safety research institutes conducted a feasibility study regarding the implementation of BAIIDs in EU drink-driving policies. This is the final report of the feasibility study. (pdf file)

Traffic Injury Research Foundation
Alcohol Interlocks As a Condition Of Licence Reinstatement
A summary of the key issues related to use of Alcohol Ignition Interlocks as a mandatory condition for reinstatement of drivers' license. (pdf file)

Victorian Government
Alcohol Interlocks in Victoria
This paper describes Victoria's alcohol interlock program aimed at dealing with the problem of alcohol and driving. 2002 (pdf file)