Impaired Driving - Prevention

Publications and Online Materials

An Examination of the Criticisms of the Minimum Legal Drinking Age 21 Laws in the U.S. from a Traffic-Safety Perspective
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, October 2008

A Campaign to Reduce Impaired Driving Through Retail-Oriented Enforcement in Washington State
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, April 2008

Effectiveness of Federal Drunk Driving Programs
Office of the Inspector General, October 2007

The Nation’s Top Strategies to Stop Impaired Driving
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, February 2007

Screening and Brief Intervention Tool Kit for College and University Campuses
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, February 2007

Highway Safety Program Guideline No. 8: Impaired Driving
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, November 2006

A Social Norms Strategy to Reduce Impaired Driving Among 21-34-Year-Olds
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, September 2005

Preventing Over-consumption of Alcohol – Sales to the Intoxicated and “Happy Hour” (Drink Special) Laws
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, February 2005

Driving While Impaired
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration satellite broadcast, July 2004

Safe Lanes on Campus: A Guide for Preventing Impaired Driving and Underage Drinking
Department of Education, 2003

Impaired Driving Prevention Toolkit
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, January 2003

Alcohol and Transportation Safety
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, April 2001

Addressing Alcohol-Impaired Driving: Training Physicians to Detect and Counsel Their Patients Who Drink Heavily
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, July 2000

Preventing Impaired Driving
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 1999

Impaired Driving
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, No publication date indicated

Impaired Driving Guidebook: Three Keys to Renewed Focus and Success
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, No publication date indicated

Teen Driving: Drunk? Drugged? Distracted?
Office of National Drug Control Policy, No publication date indicated 

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Prevention Campaigns

Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving
This campaign promotes personal responsibility in order to prevent individuals from getting behind the wheel after they have had enough to drink to feel “buzzed.”

Drunk Driving: Over the Limit. Under Arrest. Holiday Crackdown Planner
This promotional planner provides marketing materials, earned media tools and marketing ideas to support local impaired driving initiatives surrounding the National Enforcement Crackdown.

Labor Day National Enforcement Crackdown Planner 2009
The intent of this promotional planner is to provide marketing materials, earned media tools, and marketing ideas for local distribution during August 21 - September 7, 2009. This campaign allows localities and other organizations to partner with other states, communities, and organizations all across the country on this promotional program.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Hispanic Heritage Kit
Recognizing that Hispanics are at particular risk of death or injury from an alcohol-related traffic crash, this kit contains facts, data, laws and other information on impaired driving in order to address this issue.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Holiday 2008 Media Planner
The intent of this Holiday promotional planner is to provide users with customizable media tools and marketing material templates designed to prevent drunk driving.

Drugged, Drunk, and Distracted Driving 
This Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) initiative highlights the dangers associated with drunk, drugged, and distracted driving.

Working Partners for an Alcohol- and Drug-Free Workplace: Impaired Driving
This campaign promotes employer-sponsored prevention efforts to help eliminate impaired driving. 


Related Resources

Drugged and Drunk Driving Package
Resources on this Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) site provide parents with information on how teach their children about the dangers of drugged, drunk, and distracted driving.

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
NCADI is the Federal clearinghouse that has alcohol resources available for distribution.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
NIAAA provides leadership in the national effort to reduce alcohol-related problems.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: Alcohol-Related Risk Behaviors among Youth
This Web site provides statistics on alcohol-related behaviors among youth, including statistics on drunk driving.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The mission of this agency is to save lives, prevent injuries and reduce the economic costs due to road traffic crashes, through education, research, safety standards and enforcement activity.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Impaired Driving Safety Program
The Impaired Driving Division develops partnerships to cooperatively save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce traffic-related health care and economic costs resulting from impaired driving.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Stop Impaired Driving
This site is designed to provide users with information and resources to fight drunk and drugged driving in their community.


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