TY - JOUR
T1 - Drinking and driving of pub patrons in israel
AU - Shinar, David
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements-This study was supported in part by the Center for Research in Ergonomics and Safety, Ben Gurion University of the Negev. Thanks are due to Ohad Mor, Merav Nir, Liora Segal, and Ariela Wilchfort for assistance in data collection.
PY - 1995/1/1
Y1 - 1995/1/1
N2 - A chance sample of people exiting pubs in Israel were interviewed and their blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was measured with a portable breathalizer. Approximately 50% of the people intended to drive away themselves, while 50% were driven by others. People's decision whether or not to drive was unrelated to their BAC and to the number of drinks they reportedly had, and only marginally related to whether or not they felt drunk. Thirty percent of those who felt drunk still intended to drive. Although three-quarters of the respondents felt there is a driving and drinking problem in Israel, their knowledge about the effects of alcohol and the number of drinks they need to consume in order to get drunk reflected an alarming ignorance. The results demonstrate a dangerous trend in alcohol consumption that is not coupled with adequate specific knowledge about alcohol's effects.
AB - A chance sample of people exiting pubs in Israel were interviewed and their blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was measured with a portable breathalizer. Approximately 50% of the people intended to drive away themselves, while 50% were driven by others. People's decision whether or not to drive was unrelated to their BAC and to the number of drinks they reportedly had, and only marginally related to whether or not they felt drunk. Thirty percent of those who felt drunk still intended to drive. Although three-quarters of the respondents felt there is a driving and drinking problem in Israel, their knowledge about the effects of alcohol and the number of drinks they need to consume in order to get drunk reflected an alarming ignorance. The results demonstrate a dangerous trend in alcohol consumption that is not coupled with adequate specific knowledge about alcohol's effects.
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U2 - 10.1016/0001-4575(94)00049-R
DO - 10.1016/0001-4575(94)00049-R
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0029243456
SN - 0001-4575
VL - 27
SP - 65
EP - 71
JO - Accident Analysis and Prevention
JF - Accident Analysis and Prevention
IS - 1
ER -
