Alcohol-related traffic laws and drunk-driving fatal accidents*

被引：12
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作者：
Wright, Nicholas A. [1 ]
Lee, La-Troy [1 ]
机构：
[1] Florida Gulf Coast Univ, Lutgert Coll Business, Ft Myers, FL 33965 USA
来源：
ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION | 2021年 / 161卷 / 161期
关键词：
Drunk-driving laws; Contiguous-counties design; Traffic fatalities; IGNITION INTERLOCK LAWS; ZERO TOLERANCE LAWS; LEGAL DRINKING AGE; TERM-FOLLOW-UP; GENERAL DETERRENCE; CONTROL POLICIES; YOUNG DRIVERS; LIMITS; BAC; 0.08-PERCENT;
D O I：
10.1016/j.aap.2021.106358
中图分类号：
TB18 [人体工程学];
学科分类号：
1201 ;
摘要：
In the United States, about 28 lives are lost daily in motor vehicle accidents that involve an alcohol-impaired driver. While most states have enacted various traffic laws to address this phenomenon, little consensus exists on the causal impact of these laws in reducing alcohol-induced fatalities. This paper exploits quasi-random variation in state-level laws to estimate the causal effect of alcohol-related traffic laws on the frequency of fatal accidents. This is identified from the discontinuities in traffic laws among contiguous counties that are separated by a shared state border. We present robust evidence that the conventional approaches that are typically utilized in the literature may erroneously estimate the effectiveness of several alcohol-related laws.
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