Citation

Jansen J, Utzelmann HD. Blutalkohol 1994; 31(4): 249-259.

Vernacular Title

Medizinisch-psychologische Untersuchungen bei Trunkenheitstatern: Eine kritische

Affiliation

Medizinisch-Psychologisches Institut, Hamburg.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, International Committee on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety and Bund gegen Alkohol und Drogen im Straßenverkehr, Publisher Steintor Verlag)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7811450

Abstract

The authors discuss the re-orientation regarding the withdrawal of driving licences, aptitude tests, re-training of drivers and therapy for DUI offenders as proposed by Muller in "Blutalkohol" in 1993. The authors note that Muller's analysis refers to an examination practice which is outdated and no longer compatible with the current development of examination and consultation techniques used by officially recognised medico-psychological examination centres in Germany. Methodological misunderstandings and miscalculations in Muller's analysis are pointed out. In contrast, a diagnostic strategy is presented aiming not only at improving traffic safety but also at optimising justice for each individual case. This also aims at giving advice to DUI offenders on how to improve their fitness for driving using appropriate measures. Special emphasis is put on procedures which enable DUI-offenders to use their time of suspension to genuinely improve their driving fitness with the help of diagnostic and advisory bodies in the medico-psychological examination centres.