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Hazards Faced by Young Designated Drivers: In-Car Risks of Driving Drunken Passengers

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  • Peter J. Rothe

    (Centre for Health Promotion Studies and Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research, School of Public Health, University of Alberta; 4075 RTF, 8308 – 114 Street; Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E1, Canada)

  • Linda J. Carroll

    (Department of Public Health Sciences and Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research, School of Public Health, University of Alberta; 4075 RTF, 8308 – 114 Street; Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E1, Canada)

Abstract

This qualitative study explored the risk in the practice of young designated drivers transporting drunken peers. Young drivers 18-29 years old in Alberta, Canada participated in 12 focus groups (N = 146). Interviews were semi-structured. A key finding is that when highly intoxicated youth are driven by a designated driver who is a peer, they are likely to behave in ways that are unsafe. Unsafe actions of drunken passengers in the vehicle include physical “rough-housing” with the driver, creating stress for the driver that leads to high risk driving situations and disrupting safe driving through nausea and in-car vomiting.

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  • Peter J. Rothe & Linda J. Carroll, 2009. "Hazards Faced by Young Designated Drivers: In-Car Risks of Driving Drunken Passengers," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 6(6), pages 1-18, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:6:y:2009:i:6:p:1760-1777:d:5153
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    2. Lu-jie Zhou & Qing-gui Cao & Kai Yu & Lin-lin Wang & Hai-bin Wang, 2018. "Research on Occupational Safety, Health Management and Risk Control Technology in Coal Mines," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-13, April.

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