Suo Qinghui
a School of Engineering and Technology , Southwest University , Chongqing , China.
Traffic Inj Prev. 2015;16(6):540-4. doi: 10.1080/15389588.2014.1001979.
Driving after drinking is one of the main causes associated with road accidents in China. China has been concerned about this serious problem and updated the regulations of road traffic safety law about driving after drinking 3 times in the last 10 years to deter this offense. The deterrence effect of the current punishment measures implemented since January 2013 was studied in this article.
Data applied in the study were collected by questionnaire surveys carried out in Chongqing, a city in southwest China. A total of 329 drivers participated in 3 rounds of the survey and a 5-point scale rating was applied in the investigation.
There was a slight difference between drivers' familiarity of the law regarding driving after drinking in April 2013 and April 2014. The perceived certainty of being caught for driving after drinking was higher in April 2013 than in April 2014 and it had a time-dependent decreasing tendency. Our investigations also show that license suspension is the most practical and effective measure and penalty points system ranks second. A monetary fine appears to be inefficient to achieve the desired effects.
The fourth edition of the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, which took effect in January 2013 coinciding with the application of random breath testing and intensification of enforcement activity, is effective in deterring driving after drinking according to our investigation. More measures should be implemented to change the decreasing tendency of perceived certainty of being caught for driving after drinking. An increase in the monetary fine is suggested.
酒后驾车是中国道路交通事故的主要原因之一。中国一直关注这一严重问题，在过去10年里3次更新道路交通安全法中关于酒后驾车的规定，以遏制这种违法行为。本文研究了自2013年1月起实施的现行处罚措施的威慑效果。
本研究使用的数据通过在中国西南部城市重庆进行的问卷调查收集。共有329名司机参与了3轮调查，调查采用5分制评分。
2013年4月和2014年4月司机对酒后驾车法律的熟悉程度略有差异。2013年4月酒后驾车被查获的感知确定性高于2014年4月，且呈随时间下降的趋势。我们的调查还表明，吊销驾照是最切实有效的措施，扣分制度排名第二。罚款似乎无法有效达到预期效果。
根据我们的调查，2013年1月生效的《中华人民共和国道路交通安全法》第四版，恰逢随机呼气测试的应用和执法活动的加强，在遏制酒后驾车方面是有效的。应采取更多措施来改变酒后驾车被查获的感知确定性下降的趋势。建议增加罚款金额。
