Beirness D J, Simpson H M, Mayhew D R, Wilson R J
Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada, Ottawa, ON.
Can J Public Health. 1994 Jan-Feb;85(1):19-22.
Public and political concern and action focussed on the problem of drinking and driving during the 1980s was unprecedented. This paper examines the impact of these collective efforts by analyzing trends in the magnitude of the alcohol crash problem in Canada as reflected by drinking driver fatalities. After many years of little or no change in the magnitude of the drinking-driving problem, beginning in the early 1980s, both the number and percent of drinking driver fatalities began to decline. This trend continued over the entire decade. Despite these gains, a significant problem remains, in particular drivers with very high blood alcohol concentrations who appear to be relatively unaffected by countermeasures based on traditional measures such as deterrence and persuasion. New, innovative programs will be necessary to deal effectively with this "hard core" heavy drinking group.
20世纪80年代，公众和政治层面针对酒后驾车问题的关注及行动达到了前所未有的程度。本文通过分析以酒驾致死人数所反映的加拿大酒精相关车祸问题规模的趋势，来研究这些集体努力所产生的影响。在酒驾问题规模多年几乎没有变化之后，从20世纪80年代初开始，酒驾致死的人数和比例都开始下降。这一趋势在整个十年中持续存在。尽管取得了这些成果，但一个重大问题仍然存在，尤其是那些血液酒精浓度极高的司机，他们似乎相对不受基于威慑和劝说等传统措施的对策的影响。需要新的创新项目来有效应对这个“核心”酗酒群体。
