Citation

McCartt AT, Shabanova VI. Annu. Proc. Assoc. Adv. Automot. Med. 2002; 46: 193-209.

Affiliation

Preusser Research Group, Inc, Trumbull, Connecticut, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12361508

Abstract

High-BAC sanctioning systems seek to reduce recidivism among a high-risk group of impaired drivers. Minnesota's 1998 high-BAC law imposes more severe administrative and court sanctions on offenders with BAC> or =.20 than on offenders with BAC<.20. After the law, high-BAC first-time and repeat offenders did, in fact, receive more severe case dispositions (e.g., longer license revocation, stronger vehicle sanctions) than lower-BAC offenders. Alcohol test refusals declined. The severity of sanctions for high-BAC offenders declined in 1999 vs. 1998, especially for BACs.20-.22. Recidivism for high-BAC first offenders in 1998 was lower than for offenders with BACs.17-19.