Citation

Smart RG, Stoduto G, Vingilis ER, Wickens CM, Mann RE, Ialomiteanu A. Can. J. Public Health 2011; 102(5): 398.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Canadian Public Health Association)

DOI

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PMID

22032109

Abstract

Street racing has a long history, dating back to the 1920s short- ly after cars became cheap, plentiful and available to the masses. Many movies and songs idolize street racers, e.g., “Rebel Without a Cause” and “The Fast and the Furious”. There have been several recent instances where street racers or innocent bystanders have been fatally injured. Street racing is now a problem in countries worldwide, with deaths and injuries reported in many. However, little is known about the factors associated with this behaviour. We examined street racing and its links to various alcohol and cannabis measures among adults in Ontario.

We employed data from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Monitor (CM), a general population telephone survey con- ducted in Ontario (January 2009 to December 2010). The survey consists of a representative sample of adults (aged 18 and older) who were asked if they had driven a car, truck or SUV in a street race in the previous 12 months (N=4,273) ...

Keywords: Cannabis impaired driving

Language: en