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Laboratory analysis of risky driving at 0.05% and 0.08% blood alcohol concentration.

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Abstract
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The public health costs associated with alcohol-related traffic crashes are a continuing problem for society. One harm reduction strategy has been to employ per se limits for blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) at which drivers can legally operate motor vehicles. This limit is currently 0.08% in all 50 US states. Recently, the National Transportation Safety Board proposed lowering the legal limit to 0.05% (NTSB, 2013). While research has well-validated the ability of alcohol to impair driving performance and heighten crash-risk at these BACs, relatively little is known about the degree to which alcohol might increase drivers' risk-taking.

Year of Publication
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2017
Journal
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Drug and alcohol dependence
Volume
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175
Number of Pages
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127-132
Date Published
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2017
ISSN Number
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0376-8716
URL
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https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0376-8716(17)30143-6
DOI
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10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.02.005
Short Title
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Drug Alcohol Depend
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