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8338278

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-8-26
pubmed:abstractText
The influence that injury and hospitalization from alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes may have on subsequent prosecution for drunk driving was studied utilizing concurrent controls consisting of three cohorts of drivers. The cohorts were drunk and injured drivers, drunk and not injured drivers, and sober and injured drivers. Even though the majority of intoxicated drivers were identified by police as having been drinking, evidentiary testing was not uniform. Culpability for the crash was high in the drunk cohorts compared with the sober drivers, and yet there was a statistically significant difference in the conviction rate of injured drunk drivers (59%) compared with uninjured drunk drivers (100%). Injury and hospitalization for drunk drivers after motor vehicle crashes affords protection from prosecution, and may enable ongoing risk-taking behavior by the drunk driver.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0003-1348
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
484-8; discussion 488-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Hospitalization and injury influence on the prosecution of drunk drivers.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article