Citation

Kroj G. Proc. Int. Counc. Alcohol Drugs Traffic Safety Conf. 1995; 1995: 341-346.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, The author(s) and the Council, Publisher International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety)

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Abstract

The convictions for DWI (driving while intoxicated) since the year 1988 are continuously increasing. In the year 1992 140,000 driver licences were withdrawn for DWI.. 36 percent are drivers between 21 and 30 years, 8 percent are women. The accident involvement of DWI decreased in the FRG in the last two decades from 14 to 9 percent, the amount of injured DWI diminished from 15 to 10 percent. An adverse development is observed in the new Bundeslaender (former GDR) since 1990 - alcohol accidents increased from 9 to 15 percent and injured DWI from 8 to 16 percent. Recent results of polls proved, that the public opinion increasingly turns against DWI. Regional road block tests during the last two years demonstrated, that 3 percent of the drivers exceeded the legal limit of .08 BAC. On the other hand the low enforcement and sanction rate of DWI is well known in Germany. Recent studies concluded that enforcement strategies and sanctioning systems should be integrated in a wider concept of long termed information and educational campaigns Examples of German approaches in the fields of general prevention of the public as well as of individual improvement of DWI by screening systems and rehabilitation programs are given.