How to design and implement a drinking and driving programme pdf ...

greater detail on the particular components of a national or regional drinking and
driving programme, including legislation, enforcement, public information/education
campaigns, and community-based initiatives.
3.3 Interventions
Drinking and Driving: a road safety manual
As outlined in Table 2.6 in Module 2, experience and research have shown a variety
of interventions to be effective or essential in reducing the number of road crashes
involving drinking and driving in a country or region. It is highly recommended that
a national or regional drinking and driving programme includes the “high priority”
interventions listed in the table. The scope and impact of your programme in terms
of preventing drinking and driving will benefit from the inclusion of additional
interventions that are most relevant to the specific drink-driving situation in your
country or region (see Table 3.5 on the effectiveness of drinking and driving legislation
and its enforcement).
The sections below provide more extensive information on many of the interventions
listed in Table 2.6. It is hoped this information will be help you understand why these
interventions are considered essential and/or effective, and the steps that need to be
considered when implementing these interventions in your country or region.
3 | How to design and implement a drinking and driving programme
3.3.1 How to develop and implement laws on drinking and driving
Targeted and appropriate legislation on drinking and driving that is consistently
enforced and well understood by the public is a critical component of a country or
region’s efforts to control drinking and driving. There are a number of steps that need
to be taken when designing effective drinking and driving legislation. The first step
in this process is undertaking an assessment of relevant legislation that is already in
place (see Module 2).
Should you identify that the laws need reforming or that new laws are required, the
goals of the reforms and new laws should be agreed. These are likely to include one or
more of the following:
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address the absence of legislation;
strengthen an existing law;
offer further guidance and support to enforce legislation;
provide greater legitimacy for the law, so that those responsible can enforce it
more effectively.
In addition to the information you obtain through your assessment, the following list
provides some possible considerations when attempting to formulate coherent drinking
and driving laws.
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