Citation

Vissers JAMM, Vanbeekum RJ. Proc. Int. Counc. Alcohol Drugs Traffic Safety Conf. 2002; 2002: 789-795.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, The author(s) and the Council, Publisher International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety)

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Abstract

In 1996 in the Netherlands a new course model was introduced to reduce the problem of drunk driving: the Educational Measure Alcohol and traffic (EMA). Anyone apprehended while driving with a blood-alcohol-concentration (BAC) of between 1.3 and 1.8 per mille qualifies him- or herself for a three day educational course followed by an individual evaluation. By using a so called quasi-experimental design in which an experimental group of course participants was compared with a control group of non-participants the effects of the EMA were studied.