OBJECTIVES To compare personal and situational influences on incidents involving drink driving with those involving sober driving. METHODS Information on a range of road safety practices was sought in face to face interviews conducted with 969 members of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study cohort at age 26 years. A total of 750 study members reported an incident that in...

BACKGROUND Volitional risky driving behaviours such as drink- and drug-driving (i.e. substance-impaired driving) and speeding contribute to the overrepresentation of young novice drivers in road crash fatalities, and crash risk is greatest during the first year of independent driving in particular. AIMS To explore the: (1) self-reported compliance of drivers with road rules regarding substanc...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the work was the analysis of personality traits of men serving a custodial sentence for driving under the influence of alcohol. METHODS The study included 44 males serving a custodial sentence for drink driving, 45 males serving a custodial sentence for assault and robbery as well as 32 men with no criminal record, who had never driven a motor vehicle under the influence...