@article{ref1,
title="Intervening to decrease the probability of alcohol-impaired driving: impact of novel field sobriety tests",
journal="Journal of prevention and intervention in the community",
year="2016",
author="Smith, Ryan C. and Robinson, Zechariah and Bazdar, Alexandra and Geller, E. Scott",
volume="44",
number="3",
pages="199-212",
abstract="The efficacy of novel field sobriety tests to predict breath alcohol content (BAC) and perceptions of driving risk was evaluated. Participants (N = 210) were passersby at two downtown locations near local bars and one on-campus location near a late-night dining facility between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. Participants gave ratings of their perceived risk to drive at their current level of intoxication, then completed three sobriety tests (a hand-pat, tracing test, and Romberg test), and finally provided new ratings of their perceived risk to drive. After completing the final set of questions, participants were administered a Lifeloc FC20 breath alcohol test (±.005 g/dL). Each of the sobriety tests performed better than chance at predicting participant intoxication, but the performance feedback did not enhance awareness of one's risk to drive at a given BAC. Actually, after the sobriety tests, Greek-life females perceived themselves to be less at-risk to drive.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1085-2352",
doi="10.1080/10852352.2016.1166817",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2016.1166817"
}