A new analysis of more than 10,000 first-time drink-driving cases reveals a troubling disparity.
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Drink driving in Australia is declining thanks to the right mix of laws, visibility and social messaging. Four strategies could make a difference with drug driving.
Apps such as Google Maps, Apple Maps and Waze can tell drivers when they are approaching speed cameras or random breath testing stations. So how are these apps affecting driver behaviour?
As you travel around the country this holidays, you might see some roadside trailers or tripods. They’re mobile road safety cameras and they can catch out a range of bad driver behaviour.
The US has just mandated drink-driving technology be installed in all new cars. It’s a vast improvement over our current system for policing drink drivers.
Baby boomers have shown the fastest rise in rates of alcohol and drug misuse in the last 15 years.
Wider societal issues are driving road user behaviour, which cannot be fixed by taking a traditional road safety approach.
A zero tolerance approach is unlikely to curb the behaviour of individuals who choose to drink then drive.
There is an unexpected revolution underway in road safety. True, the highly visible community-wide programs continue, but behind the scenes there are major changes underway in how safety will be managed…
Drink drivers are more likely to be caught in the country than city, new research from the Queensland University of Technology…
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Senior Research Fellow, New Zealand Policy Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology
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Research Fellow, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Allied Health, Sport and Social Work, Griffith University
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Professor of Human Factors, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor, Western Sydney University
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Senior Research Fellow in Human Factors & Sociotechnical Systems, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Adjunct Fellow in Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University, Macquarie University
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Associate professor in Criminology, University of New England
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Research Fellow at the Centre for Automotive Safety Research, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of New England
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Visiting Clinical Research Fellow in older people's substance use and mental health, King's College London
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A/Professor Responsible Risk Management, Delft University of Technology
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Senior Research Fellow in Road Safety Research, University of the Sunshine Coast
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PhD Candidate, University of the Sunshine Coast