TranSafety's free consumer journal for automobile and road users, three subscription journals on road maintenance, engineering, and injury litigation, and highway safety publications catalog. See our free consumer journal for automobile and road users, three subscription journals on road maintenance, engineering, and injury litigation, and a highway safety publications catalog. Fewer motorists now admit to driving under the influence of alcohol than did a decade ago. There's strong support for zero tolerance laws and graduated licensing laws for beginning drivers. These are the findings of a new study from the Insurance Research Council.
Men are more than twice as likely as women to report such behavior.
The survey found overwhelming support for zero alcohol tolerance laws for young drivers. Seventy-six percent of respondents favor these laws for drivers younger than 21 who, under zero tolerance, would lose all driving privileges if caught driving with any alcohol in their blood. Zero tolerance laws are particularly supported by parents of teenage children. Parents also support graduated licensing programs . . . and nighttime driving curfew laws for people younger than 18. They support a licensing age of 18 or older.