Deterrence Of Drinking and Driving in France: An Evaluation of the Law of July 12, 1978

1 January 1982

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Law & Society Review

Vol. 16 (3) , 345-374
https://doi.org/10.2307/3053366

Abstract

This report describes a study of the effects of a Scandinavian-style law concerning alcohol-impaired driving. The past two decades have seen the adoption throughout most of the developed world of drinking-and-driving laws based on principles originally developed in Norway and Sweden. The French law of July 12, 1978, was a part of this general development. Interrupted time-series analysis of French data on crash-related injuries and fatalities shows that the 1978 law had a notable deterrent effect, but that the effect was not permanent.

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Deterrence of the drinking driver: An international survey: Final report
Published by American Psychological Association (APA) ,1981
Interrupted Time Series Analysis
Published by SAGE Publications ,1980