Impaired Driving

Impaired driving is a public health concern because it puts not only the driver at risk, but also passengers and others who share the road (InfoFacts: Drugged Driving, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2008).

The impaired driving problem is complex and requires the full range of countermeasures, such as involving the family in preventing underage drinking, creating a general deterrent with high-visibility law enforcement, and deploying impairment detection technologies in alcohol interlock devices (Impaired Driving Prevention Toolkit, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2003).

To address the dangers posed by driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs, NCJRS presents this compilation of resources on impaired driving and the prevention and enforcement of driving while impaired.