Administrative license suspension: Does length of suspension matter?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Administrative license revocation (ALR) laws, which provide that the license of a driver with a blood alcohol concentration at or over the illegal limit is subject to an immediate suspension by the state department of motor vehicles, are an example of a traffic law in which the sanction rapidly follows the offense. The power of ALR laws has been attributed to how swiftly the sanction is applied, but does the length of suspension matter? Our objectives were to (a) determine the relationship of the ALR suspension length to the prevalence of drinking drivers relative to sober drivers in fatal crashes and (b) estimate the extent to which the relationship is associated to the general deterrent effect compared to the specific deterrent effect of the law.

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SUBMITTER: Fell JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6133240 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature