Wilson R J, Jonah B A
J Stud Alcohol. 1985 Nov;46(6):531-7. doi: 10.15288/jsa.1985.46.531.
The primary purpose of this study was to identify predictors of impaired driving among a random sample of Canadian drivers who consume beverage alcohol. A second purpose was to determine if impaired drivers in the general population have characteristics similar to those reported among convicted and accident-involved impaired drivers. Amount of alcohol consumed over the past seven days was found to be the single most powerful predictor of both frequency of drinking-driving and of impaired driving. Impaired drivers differed from moderate-drinking drivers on a number of measures and were characterized by more irresponsible attitudes and higher risk behavior, consistent with findings of other impaired-driver subgroups. It is concluded that impaired driving may be just one behavior which is part of a deviant behavioral syndrome typified by high-risk behaviors.
本研究的主要目的是在随机抽取的饮用酒精饮料的加拿大驾驶员样本中，识别出酒驾的预测因素。第二个目的是确定一般人群中的酒驾者是否具有与被定罪的酒驾者及涉事故酒驾者所报告的特征相似的特征。结果发现，过去七天内的饮酒量是酒驾频率和驾驶能力受损的最有力单一预测因素。在一些指标上，酒驾者与适度饮酒的驾驶员有所不同，其特点是态度更不负责任、风险行为更高，这与其他酒驾亚组的研究结果一致。研究得出结论，酒驾可能只是一种行为，是由高风险行为所代表的异常行为综合征的一部分。
